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
The last name Turaju (Marathi: तुरजु) is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Turaju? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Turaju live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Turaju is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Borno, where 41 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside and Sokoto, where 29 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
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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