Tharf Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Tharf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tharf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tharf (7) may also be a first name.

Tharf Last Name Facts

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

Tharf occurs more in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tharf.

How Common Is The Last Name Tharf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Tharf live; 71 percent live in West Asia and 57 percent live in Levant. Tharf is also the 4,548,448th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 7 people.

This last name is most frequent in Iraq, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 8,755,414. Aside from Iraq this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarf8912/
Tarfe801,279/
Tarff8059/
Tarft8016/
Tharv8010/
Tarfh801/
Tarwf801/
Taurf801/
Tairf801/
Theurf7323/
Tarfhe734/
Tarffe734/
Thorpf731/
Tarwfh731/
Tarrff731/
Thorfe731/
Tarb67241/
Torf67220/
Tarw6761/
Terf6735/
Tarv673/
Thorffe672/
Tahrrwf671/
Törf671/
Tarfova671/
Theirft671/

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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 Tharf
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