Tortya Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Tortya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Tortya (43) may also be a first name.
Tortya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tortya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tortya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tortya? popularity and diffusion
Tortya is the 763,307th most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tortya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 43 people.
The surname Tortya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 90 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortyah | 92 | 12 | / |
| Tortyaa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Tortia | 83 | 188 | / |
| Tortja | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tortyo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Thartya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Torthia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tortijah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Turtia | 67 | 177 | / |
| Torteo | 67 | 82 | / |
| Tartia | 67 | 50 | / |
| Tartyo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tortio | 67 | 10 | / |
| Turtea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tartea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Târtea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tartiah | 62 | 7 | / |
| Turtiah | 62 | 2 | / |
| Tarteah | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tartijah | 57 | 9 | / |
| Thorthio | 57 | 1 | / |
| Torteous | 57 | 1 | / |
| Torrtijos | 53 | 2 | / |
| Turtio | 50 | 62 | / |
| Tartio | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Tortya
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