Tarpet Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarpet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarpet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia101:440,85421,753
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tarpet Last Name Facts

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

Tarpet is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarpet? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tarpet is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tarpet reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Tarpet is most common in: Rivercess County, where 90 percent reside and Grand Cape Mount County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Liberia Tarpet occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Ireland, where 7 percent reside.

Tarpet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tarpet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tarpet surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tairpet921/
Tarpe91685/
Tarpeh836,719/
Tharpe835,642/
Tarpey832,702/
Tarphe83164/
Tarpee83117/
Tarper8342/
Tarpea8339/
Terpet8331/
Torpet8319/
Taarpe834/
Tarpit831/
Tearpe831/
Tarpes831/
Tarpie830/
Tarpez830/
Tharpes7726/
Tarpeha774/
Tarpheh773/
Torpete772/
Tearpee772/
Tearpeh772/
Tarppeh772/
Tarpeah772/
Torpets771/
Tharrpe771/
Tarpeys771/
Tarpoey771/
Tarpeer771/
Tarpieh771/
Taarper771/
Tharpeu770/
Torpe73807/
Tarpy73455/
Tarpi73238/
Tarpa7375/
Tarpeher711/
Thorpe6777,134/
Torpey673,817/
Tarpai67306/
Torper67208/
Torpes67148/
Torpie67109/
Torpea6785/
Tourpe6767/
Tarpay6756/
Torpez6731/
Tarpio6731/
Tarpih6710/
Torpee679/
Tarpis679/
Tarpaa678/
Torpei676/
Torppe672/
Tharpy671/
Tarpoa671/
Tarpuj671/
Tarpys670/
Tarphy670/

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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 Tarpet
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