Tuerca Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Tuerca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuerca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines621:1,632,875108,878
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Tuerca Last Name Facts

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

Tuerca is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuerca? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tuerca is the 2,414,640th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Tuerca occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tuerca live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,632,875. In The Philippines it is most common in: Western Visayas, where 48 percent are found, Soccsksargen, where 18 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 11 percent are found. Not including The Philippines this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turca91925/
Turkca83391/
Turcaj8359/
Tuerco8336/
Turcaș834/
Turcka831/
Duerca831/
Turcau831/
Tierca831/
Thurca831/
Tuercke775/
Tuireca772/
Tuerkay771/
Turco7325,849/
Turka735,350/
Tirca731,294/
Turcó732/
Turqa731/
Turcă731/
Tourka67414/
Turkka67313/
Thurka67121/
Tuerke6797/
Turkay6793/
Turkai6729/
Tturco6716/
Turkha6712/
Turqai677/
Turqay674/
Turkau672/
Turrka672/
Tierka671/
Turkaa671/
Turkea671/
Tierco671/
Turcou671/
Taurco671/
Turcco671/
Tircau671/
Tuerki671/
Tearka670/

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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 Tuerca
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