Tirkash Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Tirkash Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tirkash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan411:784,2248,247
Kyrgyzstan51:1,194,53165,188
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tirkash (33) may also be a first name.

Tirkash Last Name Facts

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

Tirkash occurs more in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tirkash? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Tirkash live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Tirkash is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 33 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 784,224. In Afghanistan Tirkash is most frequent in: Takhar, where 54 percent live, Baghlan, where 22 percent live and Samangan, where 12 percent live. Other than Afghanistan it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kyrgyzstan, where 10 percent live and Iran, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tirkashe931/
Tirkas9210/
Tirkhasht881/
Turkash8659/
Tirkesh8612/
Tirkase862/
Ttirkas861/
Tirkashova8242/
Turkas77160/
Trekas7782/
Tyrkas7741/
Tirkos775/
Tirkac773/
Terkas773/
Tirkaz771/
Turkesh71170/
Turkkas7126/
Tregkas7124/
Terkase716/
Tayrehkash711/
Terkesh711/
Terkache671/

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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 Tirkash
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