Terkeş Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Terkeş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terkeş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2341:332,57021,243
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Terkes (24) & Terkeš (17) are calculated separately.

Terkeş Last Name Facts

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

Terkeş has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can occur in the variant forms: Terkes or Terkeš. Click here for other possible spellings of Terkeş.

How Common Is The Last Name Terkeş? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,061,269th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname Terkeş is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Terkeş reside; 78 percent reside in West Asia and 78 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Terkeş is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 332,570. In Turkey Terkeş is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 37 percent are found, Hatay Province, where 27 percent are found and Ordu Province, where 10 percent are found. Beside Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terkes9424/
Terkeš9417/
Terke9170/
Terkey8395/
Tirkeş8374/
Terkez8342/
Terkeľ8310/
Terkie837/
Terkee831/
Terkeh831/
Tehrke831/
Tercke830/
Teerkee776/
Tierkey772/
Therkes772/
Tterkey771/
Terkieh771/
Terkesh771/
Teherke771/
Terki737,498/
Terka731,090/
Tirke73960/
Terce73258/
Treke73129/
Terky7338/
Tyrke7310/
Thiercke711/
Tirkey6768,265/
Tirkee674,655/
Terkaa672,948/
Terkhi671,191/
Teurki67273/
Terche6758/
Tirkiş6755/
Tercki6749/
Terkay6749/
Terkaj6741/
Tearce6728/
Tirkes6726/
Tirkei6726/
Tirkie6721/
Terkki6718/
Terkeľová6713/
Tercey6712/
Teirki679/
Tirker679/
Terces678/
Terque678/
Trekke676/
Terkoš676/
Tirkec676/
Thirke675/
Torkes675/
Therce674/
Tyorke674/
Terzka673/
Tarkes673/
Teirce672/
Teerki672/
Tirket672/
Terkha671/
Terrce671/
Tirkeu671/
Terkka671/
Tierka671/
Terkip671/
Tierki671/
Trekey671/
Threke670/
Tearka670/
Trekea670/
Terzky670/

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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 Terkeş
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