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Where Does The Last Name Turgenev Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Turgenev (Russian: Тургенев) occurs most in Russia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Turgenev? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Turgenev is the 505,580^th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,228,884 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Turgenev are found; 77 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 76 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is held by 582 people, or 1 in 247,634. In Russia it is most numerous in: Moscow, where 15 percent are found, Samara Oblast, where 7 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 4 percent are found and Belarus, where 3 percent are found.

Turgenev Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (90%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Turgenev surname are 0.7% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 46.07% registered to vote for the party.