Tourka Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Tourka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Tourka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tourka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tourka occurs in Chad more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 708,658th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. Tourka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tourka live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Excluding Chad this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 4 percent are found and Morocco, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Tourka
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