Turjani Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Turjani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turjani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria541:3,280,42199,135
Kosovo271:68,9584,589
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Turjáni (1) are calculated separately.

Turjani (111) may also be a first name.

Turjani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Turjani is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Turjáni. Click here for further potential spellings of Turjani.

How Common Is The Last Name Turjani? popularity and diffusion

The last name Turjani is the 2,007,164th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Turjani is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Turjani reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Turjani is also the 890,531st most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 111 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria Turjani is most common in: Zamfara, where 44 percent are found, Kebbi, where 39 percent are found and Kaduna, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Kosovo, where 31 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Turjani
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis