Tharps Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tharps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tharps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1891:1,917,772124,288
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Tharps Last Name Facts

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

Tharps occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tharps.

How Common Is The Last Name Tharps? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,227,038th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name Tharps occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Tharps live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 1,917,772. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 14 percent live, Ohio, where 12 percent live and Maryland, where 12 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 1 percent live.

Tharps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tharps has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tharps last name grew 945 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tharps Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tharps surname are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the political party.

Tharps earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.1% less than the national average, earning $39,222 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarps910/
Thorps8370/
Tharbs8328/
Tarpse831/
Therps830/
Torps7338/
Terps7329/
Thorbs6775/
Torpås673/
Therbs670/
Törpsch625/
Toerpsch571/
Tarvz551/
Tarbx551/
Torbs550/
Torpz550/
Torrbs504/
Toorbs501/

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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 Tharps
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