Tarnyah Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarnyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarnyah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Tarnyah (10) may also be a first name.

Tarnyah Last Name Facts

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

Tarnyah is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tarnyah.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarnyah? popularity and diffusion

Tarnyah is the 11,742,229th most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tarnyah live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarnya92136/
Tarniah8676/
Tarnayya802/
Tahrnyaz801/
Tarnia77416/
Tornya7734/
Tarnea7717/
Tarnja7710/
Tarnyo773/
Tarnjai712/
Tarnija711/
Tarniha711/
Tarngia711/
Tornyas711/
Targney711/
Tornyay711/
Tearnia710/
Tharnia710/
Tearnjai671/
Thorniah671/
Tornea621,898/
Tornia6297/
Ternia6235/
Tornyo621/
Tornja621/
Tornyos57748/
Tarniță574/
Tornjai571/
Tournia571/
Tornyoš571/
Tournea570/
Torrnia570/
Tourneau53196/
Thornnea530/

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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 Tarnyah
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