Tarza Surname
Approximately 1,464 people bear this surname
Tarza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,092 | 1:162,219 | 10,155 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Poland | 41 | 1:927,043 | 69,048 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Tarża (1) are calculated separately.
Tarza (925) may also be a first name.
Tarza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tarza (Arabic: تارزا) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Tarża. For other potential spellings of Tarza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 266,931st most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,977,832 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Tarza live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 266,220th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 925 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,092 people, or 1 in 162,219. In Nigeria Tarza is most frequent in: Benue, where 82 percent live, Nasarawa, where 8 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 16 percent live and Poland, where 3 percent live.
Tarza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tarza has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tarza last name increased 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarza in the Arabic language | ||
| تارزا | tarza | - |
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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 Tarza
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