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 surname Tarnovean has its highest incidence in Romania. It may be found in the variant forms: Târnovean. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarnovean? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. Tarnovean is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Tarnovean are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 92 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 409,752. In Romania Tarnovean is most common in: Mureș County, where 86 percent reside, Alba County, where 8 percent reside and Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Romania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
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  • 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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