Turkev Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Turkev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turkev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Turkev Last Name Facts

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

Turkev (Russian: Туркев) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turkev? popularity and diffusion

The last name Turkev is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Turkev are found; 50 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 50 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Bulgaria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 3,489,452. In Bulgaria it is most numerous in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 50 percent reside and Sofia City Province, where 50 percent reside. Barring Bulgaria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Georgia, where 25 percent reside and Russia, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turkeev92301/
Turkaev9253/
Turkiev924/
Turkeva922/
Turkoev921/
Turkhaev8629/
Turkov833,872/
Turkav83440/
Turkyv83250/
Turcev8311/
Turkiv836/
Torkev831/
Turkeb831/
Turchev7769/
Turkiew7714/
Tourkov7710/
Turkhov771/
Turcheev7114/
Torkheev7110/
Turqueva711/
Turcov6728/
Tirkov6728/
Thorkeaw572/

Turkev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turkev in the Russian language
Туркевturkev-

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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 Turkev
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