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 carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taruru? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 474,151st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,322,303 people. The last name Taruru occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Taruru are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 624,169th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 210 people.

Taruru is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 612 people, or 1 in 75,457. In Kenya Taruru is mostly found in: Narok County, where 78 percent live, Migori County, where 12 percent live and Nakuru County, where 8 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Taruru Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname 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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