Tuerks Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tuerks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tuerks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuerks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tuerks is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tuerks.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuerks? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tuerks is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Tuerks occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Tuerks are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 100 percent live. Beside Brazil Tuerks exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 25 percent live and Switzerland, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turks | 91 | 2,007 | / |
| Tuerk | 91 | 670 | / |
| Tuerksch | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tuerck | 83 | 178 | / |
| Thuerk | 83 | 98 | / |
| Tuerke | 83 | 97 | / |
| Turksh | 83 | 20 | / |
| Duerks | 83 | 19 | / |
| Turcks | 83 | 7 | / |
| Turksz | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tierks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Thurks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Thuerck | 77 | 18 | / |
| Tuercke | 77 | 5 | / |
| Turkshh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thuerke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Turksch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Duerk | 73 | 245 | / |
| Türks | 73 | 87 | / |
| Tuerc | 73 | 1 | / |
| Turkx | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuirk | 73 | 0 | / |
| Turckx | 67 | 24 | / |
| Turkøz | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tourkz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Türcks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duerck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Duerke | 67 | 0 | / |
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Tuerks Reference & Research
Turk FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Turk FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Tuerks
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis