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
Tourke is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Tourke live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name Tourke is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,128,942. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 47 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 35 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 12 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and Egypt, where 5 percent reside.
Tourke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tourke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 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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