Tarquah Surname

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

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarquah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarquah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia141:314,89517,893
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Tarquah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tarquah is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarquah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Tarquah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tarquah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 314,895. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Sinoe County, where 50 percent live, Margibi County, where 29 percent live and Bomi County, where 7 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarqua9213/
Tarqah921/
Tarquoh8613/
Terquah8611/
Tarquay861/
Tarquai861/
Tarkuah861/
Tarquea861/
Torquath801/
Torquash801/
Tarquhas800/
Tarkua7786/
Tarkah7730/
Torqua773/
Tarqas772/
Tarquo771/
Tarcua771/
Tarkaha71351/
Tarquoi7154/
Torquay7126/
Torquat7121/
Targbah7120/
Tarkwah718/
Tarkwua715/
Tarqazz714/
Tarkhah711/
Torquai711/
Tarka677,596/
Tarca672,427/
Torqueau6735/
Torquatt671/
Tarkouch671/
Tarrguay671/
Tharkaha671/
Torkuach671/

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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 Tarquah
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