Tarsley Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarsley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia111:400,77620,681
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Tarsley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tarsley occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarsley? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tarsley reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

It is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia Tarsley is primarily concentrated in: River Gee County, where 55 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 45 percent reside. Barring Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Tarsley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tarsley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tarsley surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tharsley930/
Tarsleh8665/
Tersley861/
Tarssly860/
Thorsley8037/
Teirsley800/
Torsle770/
Tarshelle751/
Torsler7110/
Tarclay712/
Tarzler710/
Torslie710/
Tarselli6742/
Tarsilla6736/
Torslett6716/
Tarsilli675/
Tarcylle671/

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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 Tarsley
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