Tur Surname

16,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Belarus

Tur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6,8481:11,3641,468
Russia5,7611:25,0173,529
Spain5,5021:8,4971,008
Ukraine4,5851:9,9291,209
Poland1,7331:21,9323,317
France1,3901:47,7866,170
Belarus1,3651:6,960979
Argentina1,2261:34,8642,910
United States8381:432,52937,287
Cuba5061:22,7721,348
India4591:1,671,16660,799
Kazakhstan3271:54,0756,851
Brazil2441:877,35431,604
Nigeria2321:763,54634,496
Indonesia2261:585,17346,743
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Pakistan1921:930,43712,496
Mexico1641:756,86711,287
Israel1401:61,1267,761
Uzbekistan1141:271,3088,096
Iran941:816,83540,564
Lithuania831:36,5616,258
England801:696,47639,547
Papua New Guinea791:103,21213,927
Chile751:234,8867,175
Uruguay701:49,0255,488
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Kyrgyzstan501:119,45313,745
Venezuela501:604,08210,803
Switzerland441:186,65716,684
Cambodia381:407,5563,924
Canada371:995,82774,831
Moldova331:107,92012,675
Estonia311:42,6398,109
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Thailand281:2,522,798271,580
South Sudan251:456,603797
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Armenia131:225,3985,875
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Northern Cyprus121:26,5845,945
Norway121:428,52437,411
Peru111:2,889,46628,985
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Transnistria91:52,7447,681
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Georgia51:749,10921,598
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Tür (37) & Túr (1) are calculated separately.

Tur (5,216) may also be a first name.

Tur Last Name Facts

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

Tur (Hindi: तुर, Marathi: तुर, Oriya: ତୁର, Russian: Тур, Tibetan: ཀྲུར་) has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may occur in the variant forms: Tür or Túr. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tur.

How Common Is The Last Name Tur? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 16,693rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 219,043 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Tur reside; 35 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 30 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 93,689th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 5,216 people.

The surname Tur is most frequent in Turkey, where it is held by 6,848 people, or 1 in 11,364. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent are found, Sanliurfa Province, where 8 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey this surname is found in 100 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 17 percent are found and Spain, where 17 percent are found.

Tur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tur has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Tur surname increased 8,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tur Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tur surname is predominantly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Tur last name are 19.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.2% registered with the party.

The amount Tur earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 3.99% less than the national average, earning 332,277 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning $41,918 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.38% less than the national average, earning $44,527 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tür8937/
Túr891/
Ture8615,444/
Taur8610,993/
Turp862,368/
Thur862,014/
Tour861,662/
Tuur86835/
Tuir86719/
Turt86384/
Turz86320/
Turd86209/
Turr8686/
Teur8645/
Tutr8624/
Turh8619/
Tujr862/
Tuyr862/
Ttur861/
Tgur861/
Htur861/
Tusr861/
Tuhr860/
Toure751,029,155/
Thaur754,437/
Turre751,095/
Taure75482/
Thure75453/
Thour75240/
Tahur75233/
Thuir75127/
Tourt75114/
Htour7568/
Thurz7558/
Thurr7528/
Tohur7517/
Dteur7516/
Theur7515/
Turtt7515/
Teure757/
Thurø756/
Tuire756/
Tourh755/
Tourd755/
Turth754/
Ttuur754/
Tourz753/
Turhs752/
Tourr752/
Tujre752/
Taurd752/
Thurd751/
Tousr751/
Tutrh751/
Taurt751/
Tauhr751/
Thuur751/
Thurt751/
Turrt751/
Turrh750/
Tor6758,911/
Turova675,307/
Tourre67833/
Thurre67386/
Thoure6752/
Touyre6734/
Thahur6734/
Vântur6729/
Thurøe6729/
Thaure6721/
Turová6718/
Theure6710/
Tahaur676/
Tturre674/
Htture672/
Dhture672/
Tujhrt671/
Touijr671/
Thourd671/
Tuurre671/
Tór671/

Tur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tur in the Tibetan language
ཀྲུར་trur-
Tur in the Oriya language
ତୁରtura76.47
ଟୂରtura8.82
ଟୁରtura8.82
ତୂରtura2.94
ତୁର୍tur2.94
Tur in the Marathi language
तुरtura68.22
तूरtura26.17
टूरtura5.61
Tur in the Hindi language
तुरtura45.1
टूरtura21.57
तूरtura15.69
टुअरtu'ara11.76
तुषारtusara3.92
Tur in the Russian language
Турtur-

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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
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  • 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 Tur
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