Tourkakis Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Tourkakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tourkakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1071:103,54917,425
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Tourkakis Last Name Facts

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

Tourkakis occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tourkakis.

How Common Is The Last Name Tourkakis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,441,361st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Tourkakis live; 72 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 103,549. In Greece Tourkakis is most frequent in: Ionian Islands, where 55 percent are found, Attica, where 29 percent are found and Western Greece, where 16 percent are found. Barring Greece this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Tourkakis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tourkakis are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.

Tourkakis earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $49,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tourkaki9491/
Tourcakis898/
Torkaki8826/
Tarkakis821/
Turkhakit781/
Turkake7519/
Turkoski7139/
Turkouski671/
Tourkouchi635/
Torkaca631/
Tourkoukey631/
Tarkoki630/
Tarkouki59136/
Turkoske598/
Turkosky594/
Turkosqui563/
Turkousky562/
Turkoosky561/
Tourkouche531/
Tarkaca501/

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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
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  • 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 Tourkakis
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