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 is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tortise click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tortise? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Tortise occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tortise are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,428,668. In England it is mostly found in: West Midlands, where 64 percent reside, Worcestershire, where 21 percent reside and Surrey, where 10 percent reside. Excluding England this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 3 percent reside.

Tortise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tortise has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Tortise surname grew 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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