Tarunga Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Tarunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 108 | 1:142,947 | 18,429 |
| Solomon Islands | 37 | 1:15,676 | 2,975 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Tarunga (120) may also be a first name.
Tarunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tarunga (Marathi: तरुंगा, Oriya: ଟାରୁା) is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarunga? popularity and diffusion
Tarunga is the 1,434,893rd most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Tarunga occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Tarunga are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tarunga is also the 852,104th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 120 people.
Tarunga is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 142,947. In Zimbabwe Tarunga is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 17 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାରୁା | tarua | - |
| Tarunga in the Marathi language | ||
| तरुंगा | tarunga | - |
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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 Tarunga
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