Tortise Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Tortise Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tortise Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:1,428,66862,556
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Tortise Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tortise has its highest incidence in England. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tortise? popularity and diffusion

Tortise is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Tortise is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tortise reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,428,668. In England Tortise is primarily concentrated in: West Midlands, where 64 percent reside, Worcestershire, where 21 percent reside and Surrey, where 10 percent reside. Not including England Tortise is found in one country. It also occurs in Ireland, where 3 percent reside.

Tortise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tortise has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Tortise last name expanded 3,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tortoise9339/
Tortis92201/
Tourtoise881/
Tortice86166/
Tortist86105/
Thortis8628/
Tortese862/
Tortize862/
Tortuis861/
Torties861/
Tourtois80437/
Tortiger8033/
Tortiget8024/
Tartaise8024/
Tortoice801/
Tartis77192/
Tortes77161/
Tortez7744/
Tortiz772/
Tortoyser751/
Tortech71119/
Tertese7172/
Tartios7161/
Tortesi7115/
Tortuze7112/
Tartuse7110/
Tartèse712/
Tortoys712/
Tourtiz711/
Toortiz711/
Tarttis711/
Tortizz711/
Torteza711/
Tartish711/
Tarties711/
Tortich711/
Tartiss710/
Tartesse6721/
Tortessi6716/
Tartasse674/
Ttertese671/
Turtesse671/

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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 Tortise
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