Torkham Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Torkham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torkham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran5091:150,85013,224
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
Afghanistan131:2,473,32216,278
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Torkham (115) may also be a first name.

Torkham Last Name Facts

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

Torkham occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Torkham? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 579,404th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 13,445,657 people. Torkham is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Torkham live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Torkham is also the 873,022nd most frequent first name globally It is held by 115 people.

Torkham is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 509 people, or 1 in 150,850. In Iran it is mostly found in: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, where 25 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 18 percent are found and Kerman Province, where 13 percent are found. Beside Iran it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 4 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Torkam922,333/
Torham923/
Tarkham861,223/
Tourham86136/
Torrham862/
Torkame861/
Torcham861/
Turkham860/
Tharkham804/
Tarkam77162/
Tarham77136/
Torkom7743/
Torhom7732/
Turkam776/
Terkam772/
Tarhame71160/
Tourkom711/
Tharkam711/
Tarcham711/
Turkkam711/
Thorheim6796/
Turkheim6719/
Toorhome671/
Türkheim671/
Turckheim6324/
Türckheim6311/
Tarjam6218/
Torcom6212/
Tarkom625/
Terkom622/
Tarkoom579/
Tarheim574/
Tarkeim573/
Turquam570/

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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 Torkham
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