Turkes Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Turkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Bosnia and Herzegovina51:707,28014,781
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Turkeš (423), Türkes (32) & Turkeş (1) are calculated separately.

Turkes (17) may also be a first name.

Turkes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turkes occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Turkeš, Türkes or Turkeş. For other possible spellings of Turkes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turkes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Turkes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Turkes live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 15,102,456. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 42 percent reside, New Jersey, where 17 percent reside and Washington, where 13 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 10 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside.

Turkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Turkes surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.

The amount Turkes earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.03% more than the national average, earning $51,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.71% more than the national average, earning $56,000 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turkeš94423/
Türkes9432/
Turkeş941/
Turkesh92170/
Turckes9236/
Turkees9223/
Tuerkes922/
Turkets921/
Turkis83114/
Tirkes8326/
Turkys8311/
Torkes835/
Turces833/
Turkez833/
Turkish771,485/
Turques77157/
Türkkes7714/
Tirkesh7712/
Turkyts7712/
Tuerkis776/
Turkysh775/
Tourkis774/
Turkeshova7510/
Turkisch714/
Turquets711/
Turkoise711/
Tourcess711/
Türkeç67236/
Türkis67177/
Tirkeş6774/
Türkez6752/
Torkis6732/
Turcis6715/
Turkiş671/
Turķis671/

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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 Turkes
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