Taruru Surname

474,151st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 706 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Taruru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taruru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6121:75,4577,047
Papua New Guinea641:127,40217,396
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Cook Islands41:4,5451,050
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Taruru (210) may also be a first name.

Taruru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Taruru is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taruru? popularity and diffusion

Taruru is the 474,151st most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 10,322,303 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Taruru reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Taruru is also the 624,169th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 210 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 612 people, or 1 in 75,457. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Narok County, where 78 percent reside, Migori County, where 12 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 8 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

Taruru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Taruru earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.34% more than the national average, earning $54,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taaruru9216/
Teruru8375/
Toruru8330/
Tariru837/
Theruru7724/
Thoruru778/
Torruru777/
Tarhiru775/
Tarooru773/
Teururu771/
Terruru771/
Thorruru7110/
Thooruru711/
Tarorou621/
Tourorou571/
Tairirou571/
Tourourou5322/
Teriru501/

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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 Taruru
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