Tarango
A surname found especially in the Spanish-speaking world, likely developed from a place name or local nickname tradition.
The #6,356 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 57,602 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Tarango is best treated as a Spanish-language surname, but its exact root is not certain. It may be locational or habitational, arising from a place name or local geographic term, though no single standard derivation is universally accepted. Because the surname is relatively uncommon and not tied to one clearly documented medieval root, its deeper etymology remains somewhat obscure.
History
The name is most often encountered in Mexico and among families of Mexican or Mexican-American background in the United States. Its present-day distribution suggests regional Spanish colonial-era transmission, probably through local family lines rather than a single famous bearer. Because the surname is relatively rare, its historical record is thinner than that of more common Spanish surnames.
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Fun fact
Tarango is uncommon enough that many modern bearers trace the surname to a relatively small number of ancestral lines rather than a broad surname tradition.