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
Tuerks occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuerks? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tuerks is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Tuerks reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil Tuerks is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 100 percent live. Outside of Brazil it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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