Tortoishell Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Tortoishell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 38 | 1:641,457 | 31,575 |
Tortoishell Demographics
Average Tortoishell Salary in
England
£30,525
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Tortoishell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tortoishell Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tortoishell is found most in England. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tortoishell? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. Tortoishell is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Tortoishell reside; 90 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in British Isles.
It is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 928,634. In England it is mostly found in: Staffordshire, where 50 percent live, Devon, where 13 percent live and Northamptonshire, where 12 percent live. Other than England this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent live and Scotland, where 3 percent live.
Tortoishell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tortoishell has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Tortoishell surname grew 158 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortioshell | 91 | 1 | / |
| Turtshell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Trutshell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Torticell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tartisel | 74 | 28 | / |
| Trutschel | 70 | 326 | / |
| Trütschel | 70 | 122 | / |
| Trötschel | 70 | 94 | / |
| Torticill | 70 | 52 | / |
| Tritschel | 70 | 21 | / |
| Trotschel | 70 | 1 | / |
| Truttschel | 67 | 78 | / |
| Troetschel | 67 | 42 | / |
| Trietschel | 67 | 20 | / |
| Trutschl | 63 | 18 | / |
| Dortyshly | 60 | 1 | / |
| Tarteshly | 60 | 1 | / |
| Dridschel | 60 | 1 | / |
| Dritshel | 53 | 1 | / |
| Durtschl | 53 | 1 | / |
| Dritschel | 50 | 75 | / |
| Drutschel | 50 | 2 | / |
| Drütschel | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tortoishell
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