Torkal Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Torkal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Torkal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Torkal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Torkal is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Torkal.
How Common Is The Last Name Torkal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Torkal occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Torkal are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Torkal is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Torkal is most numerous in: Benue, where 54 percent live, Nasarawa, where 38 percent live and Rivers, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 33 percent live and The Philippines, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torkhal | 92 | 10 | / |
| Tourkal | 92 | 1 | / |
| Torkhail | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tourkalt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Torcal | 83 | 891 | / |
| Turkal | 83 | 349 | / |
| Tarkal | 83 | 19 | / |
| Terkal | 83 | 8 | / |
| Torkol | 83 | 3 | / |
| Türkkal | 77 | 1,006 | / |
| Turkall | 77 | 80 | / |
| Turkaul | 77 | 41 | / |
| Turkale | 77 | 11 | / |
| Turkkal | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tarkale | 77 | 3 | / |
| Turkeal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thurkal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teerkaul | 71 | 1 | / |
| Turcal | 67 | 161 | / |
| Torcol | 67 | 80 | / |
| Tercal | 67 | 73 | / |
| Tarcal | 67 | 59 | / |
| Turkalova | 67 | 53 | / |
| Turkol | 67 | 39 | / |
| Terkol | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tarqal | 67 | 3 | / |
| Terkál | 67 | 1 | / |
| Türkkol | 62 | 342 | / |
| Turkkol | 62 | 24 | / |
| Tercall | 62 | 17 | / |
| Tarkohl | 62 | 4 | / |
| Tarcall | 62 | 3 | / |
| Tarkoll | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tarkole | 62 | 1 | / |
| Turcatel | 57 | 241 | / |
| Tarcalová | 53 | 38 | / |
| Tarcalova | 53 | 2 | / |
| Turcol | 50 | 87 | / |
| Turkoł | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Torkal
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