Taruwana Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Taruwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taruwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Taruwana (178) may also be a first name.

Taruwana Last Name Facts

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

Taruwana is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taruwana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Taruwana are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Taruwana is also the 683,417th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 178 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 53 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 41 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taruwona881,110/
Tariwana8856/
Taruvana883/
Taruwani881/
Tharuvana821/
Taruvanga821/
Taruvona75373/
Tarubona7571/
Tariwona7542/
Torowana7533/
Taruvani757/
Toruvana751/
Toruwona751/
Toruvanga717/
Taruvonah716/
Tharuvani713/
Taruboyna711/
Tarivanay711/
Taruboina711/
Torauvanga671/
Tarivona632/
Torihuano59327/
Torivano501/

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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 Taruwana
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