Tortura Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Tortura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tortura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1781:1,202,66541,567
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

The alternate forms: Tórtura (1) are calculated separately.

Tortura Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tortura (Russian: Тортура) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may occur as: Tórtura. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tortura? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,189,614th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Tortura live; 92 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 1,202,665. In Brazil Tortura is most numerous in: Paraná, where 38 percent are found, São Paulo, where 37 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 3 percent are found and Israel, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tórtura951/
Torturra934/
Tortoura931/
Tourtoura8878/
Tortora8615,216/
Turtura86220/
Torturo8622/
Tartura863/
Túrtura862/
Torture860/
Tourtouras82180/
Tourtourat820/
Turturea80727/
Tortuero8087/
Tortorea8050/
Tarturah801/
Toirture801/
Tortorra801/
Turturra801/
Tourtouri752/
Tortouris751/
Tortoro71169/
Tortori71144/
Turturo71139/
Tortore7161/
Tarturi717/
Tourtouris714/
Tarturo713/
Turturi711/
Tarture711/
Tartira711/
Turture711/
Turturro671,016/
Tartoura6784/
Tortorou674/
Turtuuro672/
Turtures671/
Tertoura671/
Tartiera671/
Tarthuri671/
Turturop671/

Tortura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tortura in the Russian language
Тортураtortura-

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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 Tortura
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