Tarn Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 241
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 8
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 3
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 6
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 22

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Tarn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tarn family

Profession Census Frequency
School 28
Coal Miner Hewer 11
Farmer 6
Private Means 3
Coal Miner (hewer) 3
Miner Hewer 3
General Servant Domestic 2
Housemaid (domestic) 2
Packer 2
Coal Hewer 2
Coal Miner Putter 2
Domestic Servant 2
Farmer Grazier 2
Just Left School No Occupation 2
Putter In Coal Mine 2
School Boy 2
Cook (hotel) 1
Coal Mine Labourer Under Ground 1
Coal Miner Chewer 1
Coal Miner Deputy Overman 1
Coal Miner Driver Boy 1
Coal Miner Driver Pony 1
Coal Miner Labourer Underground 1
Coal Miner Rope Man 1
Coal Miner, Hewer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tarn

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tarn 123
William Tarn 110
John Tarn 98
Thomas Tarn 87
Elizabeth Tarn 71
Joseph Tarn 48
Jane Tarn 46
Sarah Tarn 41
Margaret Tarn 39
Hannah Tarn 37
Robert Tarn 37
George Tarn 34
Ann Tarn 31
Mark Tarn 29
Annie Tarn 26
Jacob Tarn 26
Edward Tarn 23
Timothy Tarn 22
Isaac Tarn 21
James Tarn 21
Frederick Tarn 20
Isabella Tarn 16
Arthur Tarn 13
Charles Tarn 13
Emily Tarn 12

Tarn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Train 60% 3,821
2 Treen 40% 2,149
3 Tarn 100% 1,495
4 Troon 40% 550
5 Turne 60% 441
6 Turn 75% 356
7 Torn 75% 325
8 Tearne 67% 292
9 Taroni 67% 244
10 Tearn 80% 230
11 Truan 40% 193
12 Truin 40% 185
13 Tran 50% 167
14 Tron 50% 121
15 Tern 75% 114
16 Trone 40% 111
17 Trine 40% 107

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The surname Tarn is the 3rd most popular variant of Train.

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