Tankurt Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Tankurt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tankurt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1101:707,46736,087
Northern Cyprus121:26,5845,945
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tankurt Last Name Facts

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

Tankurt is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tankurt? popularity and diffusion

Tankurt is the 1,628,521st most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 68 percent of Tankurt reside; 67 percent reside in West Asia and 67 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Tankurt is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 707,467. In Turkey Tankurt is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 43 percent live, Kayseri Province, where 38 percent live and Konya Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Turkey Tankurt occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thankurt931/
Tancourt8024/
Tongkurt804/
Thankurd801/
Toncourt6716/
Tassencourt6712/
Tongkort672/
Tongkirt671/
Tancorth670/
Thongkurd6354/
Thongkort631/
Tancord570/
Tongkird5317/
Tongkord531/
Tongcort531/
Thongkird508/
Thongkord503/
Thongcort501/

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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
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  • 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 Tankurt
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