Tarnah Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Tarnah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 35 | 1:125,958 | 9,506 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tarnah (139) may also be a first name.
Tarnah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarnah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tarnah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarnah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Tarnah is mostly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Tarnah live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 139 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 125,958. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 60 percent are found, Lofa County, where 29 percent are found and Margibi County, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia Tarnah occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 46 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tarnah
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