Tarpley Surname

91,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tarpley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarpley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1191:70,8078,214
England511:1,092,51152,584
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Guam11:160,1214,893
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7621:65,9047,177

Tarpley (31) may also be a first name.

Tarpley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tarpley occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarpley? popularity and diffusion

Tarpley is the 91,701st most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,396,349 people. The surname Tarpley occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Tarpley live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tarpley is also the 1,874,099th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 31 people.

Tarpley is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 5,119 people, or 1 in 70,807. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 18 percent live, Georgia, where 13 percent live and Virginia, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Tarpley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tarpley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tarpley surname increased 672 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tarpley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tarpley last name are 12.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.75% registered with the political party.

Tarpley earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.81% less than the national average, earning $39,780 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarply9212/
Tarple922/
Tarplee86330/
Tarpleh86121/
Tarplue8633/
Tarplay869/
Tarplet864/
Torpley862/
Tarpluy861/
Dtarple861/
Terpley860/
Tarpler860/
Tarplett8078/
Tarpleah801/
Tharplee801/
Torply7733/
Torple771/
Tarpla771/
Tarpli771/
Tarpelleh751/
Tarplah711,174/
Torplue7175/
Torplay7124/
Tarppla711/
Terplee711/
Torpler711/
Terpelle6784/
Torpille673/
Terpille671/
Torplett670/
Tarplitt670/
Torpellet631/
Terpli6219/
Torppla571/
Torplah571/
Terpilli534/

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Tarpley Reference & Research

Tarpley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Tarpley
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis