Turkesh Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Turkesh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turkesh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1651:465,34928,356
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Turkesh (16) may also be a first name.

Turkesh Last Name Facts

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

Turkesh (Marathi: तुकश, Russian: Туркеш) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turkesh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,321,499th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Turkesh are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.

The last name is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 465,349. In Iran Turkesh is primarily found in: Isfahan Province, where 88 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Iran it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turkes9282/
Turkish861,485/
Turkash8659/
Turckes8636/
Turkees8623/
Tirkesh8612/
Turkysh865/
Tuerkes862/
Turkets861/
Turkeshova8210/
Turkisch804/
Turkeš77423/
Turkis77114/
Türkes7732/
Tirkes7726/
Turkys7711/
Torkes775/
Turkez773/
Turces773/
Turkej771/
Turkeş771/
Taurkhosh757/
Turkosz71181/
Turques71157/
Tirkash7150/
Torkysh7145/
Turkich7130/
Torkish7117/
Türkkes7114/
Turkyts7112/
Turkych718/
Tuerkis716/
Tourkis714/
Tirkish714/
Türkish711/
Turkitch673/
Turquets671/
Turkoise671/
Tourcess671/

Turkesh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turkesh in the Marathi language
तुकशtukasa-
Turkesh in the Russian language
Туркешturkes-

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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 Turkesh
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