Tourke Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Tourke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Tourke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tourke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tourke is found most frequently in Niger. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Tourke reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The surname Tourke is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,128,942. In Niger it is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 47 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 35 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Niger Tourke exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 percent are found.
Tourke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tourke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tourke surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Tourke
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