Tarnovean Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Tarnovean Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarnovean Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania491:409,75233,339
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Târnovean (5) are calculated separately.

Tarnovean Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tarnovean Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tarnovean is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Târnovean. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarnovean? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Tarnovean is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Tarnovean reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 409,752. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Mureș County, where 86 percent reside, Alba County, where 8 percent reside and Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Romania Tarnovean exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Târnovean965/
Tarnovan9457/
Tarnavean89128/
Tarnovyan892/
Ternovan82217/
Târnovan8242/
Tarnavan822/
Ternoven821/
Târnăvean788/
Târnovian784/
Ternován71204/
Terneven7140/
Ternavan7115/
Târnăvan711/
Tarnabyan672/
Tarnabene671/
Tarrnabene631/
Tornabene562,785/
Tornabane5651/
Tarnabine5619/
Tournabien5379/

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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 Tarnovean
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