Turig Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Turig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Turig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Turig is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turig? popularity and diffusion

The last name Turig is the 4,427,875th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Turig occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Turig reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Turig is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Turig is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 74 percent live and Manus, where 26 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thurig9187/
Taurig912/
Turhig910/
Theurig8329/
Thuerig8314/
Turigue831/
Turaigh831/
Turik801,381/
Torig801,124/
Turic80345/
Turug8020/
Tirig8016/
Turiq807/
Tureg804/
Turix801/
Thürig73471/
Turick73290/
Turaik73203/
Toureg73200/
Thurik73109/
Turugh7359/
Turzik7358/
Taureg7356/
Turike7336/
Tauriq7330/
Turisk7321/
Taurik7313/
Tauric739/
Tourik737/
Turuhg734/
Turgec731/
Turegg731/
Tureic731/
Tureik731/
Torihg731/
Thirig731/
Torigg730/
Touregh67120/
Thierig6758/
Thoerig6748/
Tourick6721/
Taurick6719/
Toureix6711/
Turrick6710/
Thurick6710/
Torhigh671/
Tauraic671/
Tourisk671/
Thouriq671/
Turzuik671/
Turzhik671/
Tutrick670/

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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 Turig
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