Tarsum Surname

790,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tarsum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarsum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2581:512,59441,794
Philippines861:1,177,18993,405
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Tarsum (2,043) may also be a first name.

Tarsum Last Name Facts

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

Tarsum (Marathi: तरसुम) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tarsum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarsum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tarsum is the 790,102nd most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Tarsum reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tarsum is also the 166,896th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 2,043 people.

The last name Tarsum is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 512,594. In Indonesia Tarsum is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 68 percent live, Central Java, where 31 percent live and North Maluku, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Tarsum occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 24 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarssum921/
Tarsoum921/
Tarshoum86596/
Tarsun83444/
Tarjum8322/
Torsum836/
Tarzum833/
Tarshun774/
Tarjjum771/
Tarsutin711/
Toursoum711/
Torsun67342/
Tarson67292/
Tarjun6768/
Torjum6746/
Tarsunova678/
Torsom671/

Tarsum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tarsum in the Marathi language
तरसुमtarasuma50
तरसूंtarasum50

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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 Tarsum
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