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 is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tourka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 708,658th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tourka live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa.
It is most widespread in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Apart from Chad Tourka is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 4 percent live and Morocco, where 2 percent live.
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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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