Tatarka

Locally spelled Татарка in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Tatarka is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary

  Also written Tatárka

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Tatarka is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Czech, tartar sauce (US), tartare sauce (UK)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Russian, dim of Tatarka.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Basque, ( AN ap. A ). A tientas. "A la gallina ciega" A . Tatarka artu dut esku artean, / adi, aren mintzoari... / euskera goxoz irosor bait-nau... / mendrezkak legez ezti dari. JKort EG 1956 (3-4), 16.

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Dominik Tatarkab. 1913SKSlovak writer (1913-1989)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Tatarka mean, and where does it come from?

Tartary buckwheat, green buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Which countries have the most people with the surname Tatarka?

In the United States, the national register counted about 221 people named Tatarka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tatarka. After it come Poland, Ukraine, Czechia and Russia; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Tatarka most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tatarka is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 223 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Tatarka?

In the United States, the national register counted 221 people named Tatarka in 2010, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.