Turaju Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Turaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Turaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Turaju (Marathi: तुरजु) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Turaju? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Turaju live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Turaju is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Turaju is most numerous in: Borno, where 41 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 29 percent are found and Sokoto, where 29 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Turaju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Turaju in the Marathi language | ||
| तुरजु | turaju | - |
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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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- 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 Turaju
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