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 last name Tarnah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarnah? popularity and diffusion
Tarnah is the 2,273,756th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Tarnah reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 784,558th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 139 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 125,958. In Liberia Tarnah is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 60 percent live, Lofa County, where 29 percent live and Margibi County, where 3 percent live. Other than Liberia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 46 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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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