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

The surname Tirkash occurs most in Afghanistan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tirkash.

How Common Is The Last Name Tirkash? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tirkash is the 2,746,821st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Tirkash live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most common first name on earth, held by 33 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 784,224. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Takhar, where 54 percent reside, Baghlan, where 22 percent reside and Samangan, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Afghanistan this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kyrgyzstan, where 10 percent reside and Iran, where 4 percent reside.

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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