Taruf Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Taruf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taruf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India931:8,248,015171,602
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Taruf (340) may also be a first name.

Taruf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Taruf (Hindi: तारूफ, Marathi: तारुफ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Taruf? popularity and diffusion

Taruf is the 1,649,806th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname Taruf occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Taruf reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 473,685th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 340 people.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 8,248,015. In India it is most frequent in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 67 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 18 percent are found and Bihar, where 14 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarouf91257/
Taaruf91189/
Tarruf913/
Tauruf913/
Taruff913/
Tarauf912/
Tarufe912/
Tasruf911/
Taruffe8323/
Taaaruf8315/
Tasrouf831/
Tharouf831/
Taharuf831/
Tarub8050/
Taruv804/
Taroub73204/
Terhuf7316/
Taroof7313/
Tarauw734/
Tharub732/
Tareuw731/
Tairub731/
Tahrub731/
Teruff730/
Taurauv671/
Theirauf621/
Tahrrowf621/
Tarow60109/
Tarów6015/
Toraub55228/
Taroev55162/
Tarrow55148/
Tairow556/
Toruub553/
Tourub551/
Tahrow551/
Tharow550/
Tahyrow509/
Tooraub501/

Taruf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taruf in the Marathi language
तारुफtarupha87.5
अतारुफatarupha12.5
Taruf in the Hindi language
तारूफtarupha62.5
तारुफtarupha37.5

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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 Taruf
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