Tarnow Surname

265,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Tarnow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarnow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7241:500,63442,111
Germany4911:163,96219,425
Canada841:438,63838,170
Israel841:101,87711,676
Denmark561:100,7989,513
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

The alternate forms: Tarnów (2) are calculated separately.

Tarnow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tarnow is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms: Tarnów. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarnow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tarnow is the 265,540th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,947,417 people. The last name Tarnow is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Tarnow reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 724 people, or 1 in 500,634. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 14 percent live, Indiana, where 14 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States Tarnow exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Tarnow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tarnow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,645 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tarnow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tarnow surname are 44.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 97.33% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tarnow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 125.34% more than the national average, earning R 535,500 per year; in United States they earn 19.66% more than the national average, earning $51,633 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning $62,337 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarnów942/
Tarnowa9214/
Tornow833,776/
Tarnov83199/
Ternow8327/
Tarnof838/
Tarnoff77461/
Tarnova77140/
Thörnow778/
Tarnnov771/
Tarnoub771/
Thornow771/
Tharnova711/
Tarnhoff710/
Ternov67586/
Tornov6791/
Tärnov6715/
Tarnawová673/
Tarnub671/
Tarnab671/
Tornof670/
Tornova6258/
Tornoff624/
Ternoff623/
Tarnubh621/
Tournov621/
Ternhof621/
Torngof621/
Toornov621/
Tournoff5726/
Tournova572/
Tarnnubh571/
Thernoff571/
Ternav507/
Tornav504/

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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 Tarnow
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