Turff Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Turff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:1,160,79354,689
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Wales41:773,63329,106
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560

Turff Last Name Facts

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

Turff is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Turff is the 2,352,516th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. Turff is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Turff live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Turff is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,160,793. In England Turff is most prevalent in: Essex, where 52 percent are found, Bedfordshire, where 17 percent are found and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 8 percent are found. Apart from England this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Turff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Turff has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Turff last name expanded 141 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Turff Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Turff earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.9% less than the national average, earning $41,287 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuerff9189/
Turffs9121/
Turf89113/
Turfe80142/
Torff8048/
Tourf801/
Taurf801/
Tuerf801/
Teurfs7399/
Theurf7323/
Türffs7319/
Tourfe730/
Thirff730/
Torf67220/
Tirf67195/
Turb6739/
Turv675/
Tourb603/
Turbì601/
Toorf601/
Turbh601/
Thirf601/
Thorpf551/
Turgeev507/
Tousrvd501/

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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 Turff
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