Tarpu Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarpu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarpu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia111:400,77620,681
India101:76,706,538639,611
Russia51:28,824,611530,332

Tarpu (109) may also be a first name.

Tarpu Last Name Facts

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

Tarpu has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tarpu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarpu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Tarpu occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of Tarpu reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 109 people.

The surname is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Margibi County, where 82 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 9 percent live and Montserrado County, where 9 percent live. Other than Liberia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent live and Russia, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarpau9157/
Tarpud9112/
Ttarpu914/
Tarpuj911/
Tarpuu911/
Tarputt830/
Tharpeu830/
Torpu8017/
Terpu805/
Toorpu73155/
Terpou73152/
Torpus7371/
Tarpoo734/
Torpuu734/
Thorpu734/
Thoorpu6792/
Tourpou671/
Tarpoey671/
Thuorpu671/
Törpü6025/
Torpoe551/

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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 Tarpu
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