Turaban Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Turaban Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turaban Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan211:1,531,10412,360
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Turkey91:8,646,825130,497
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Turaban (17) may also be a first name.

Turaban Last Name Facts

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

Turaban (Bengali: তুরাবান, Hindi: तुराबन, Marathi: तुरबान, Oriya: ତୁରବନ) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turaban? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,979,664th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Turaban occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Turaban are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Turaban is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 17 people.

This surname is most common in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 1,531,104. In Afghanistan Turaban is most common in: Nangarhar, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Afghanistan Turaban is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and Turkey, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Turaban Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turaban in the Bengali language
তুরাবানturabana-
Turaban in the Hindi language
तुराबनturabana-
Turaban in the Oriya language
ତୁରବନturabana-
Turaban in the Marathi language
तुरबानturabana-

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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 Turaban
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