Taroa Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Taroa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 303 | 1:26,910 | 3,022 |
| Solomon Islands | 46 | 1:12,609 | 2,306 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Taroa (75) may also be a first name.
Taroa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taroa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taroa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Taroa.
How Common Is The Last Name Taroa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 755,622nd most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Taroa are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 80 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Taroa is also the 1,116,575th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 75 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 26,910. In Papua New Guinea Taroa is mostly found in: West New Britain, where 73 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 17 percent reside and Central, where 5 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Taroa
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