Turfan Surname

259,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Turfan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turfan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,4751:52,7605,201
Northern Cyprus91:35,4467,326
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Turfan (367) may also be a first name.

Turfan Last Name Facts

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

Turfan (Hindi: तुर्फान, Oriya: ତୁରଫନ, Russian: Турфан) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Turfan.

How Common Is The Last Name Turfan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 259,916th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,819,806 people. Turfan is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Turfan live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 453,982nd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 367 people.

This last name is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,475 people, or 1 in 52,760. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent are found, Diyarbakir Province, where 18 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Turfan Last Name Statistics demography

Turfan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 73.67% more than the national average, earning $74,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turfand9215/
Tourfan929/
Turfain924/
Tirfan8328/
Torfan8311/
Turfanova8022/
Thorfhan711/
Thourphanh631/
Tirfoin6290/
Torphan623/
Torrfon621/
Tierfoin5753/

Turfan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turfan in the Oriya language
ତୁରଫନturaphana75
ତୁରଫାନturaphana25
Turfan in the Hindi language
तुर्फानturphana62.5
तुरफानturaphana37.5
Turfan in the Russian language
Турфанturfan-

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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 Turfan
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