Altürk Surname

133,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,379 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Altürk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Altürk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3,3751:23,0582,657
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Alturk (1,769) are calculated separately.

Altürk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Altürk is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Alturk. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Altürk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 133,427th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,156,717 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Altürk are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Altürk is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 3,375 people, or 1 in 23,058. In Turkey Altürk is primarily found in: Sirnak Province, where 47 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 16 percent are found and Van Province, where 5 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alturk941,769/
Asiltürk861,782/
Altork8359/
Eltürk832/
Oltürk831/
Altirk831/
Altourk779/
Alturck772/
Alturke772/
Altoerk771/
Oğultürk71188/
Elturk67237/
Alturg674/
Altoorg626/
Eltuerk621/
Eltirg501/

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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 Altürk
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