Turkis Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Turkis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turkis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia581:2,280,159138,233
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England81:6,964,757184,742
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Türkis (177), Turkiş (1), Turķis (1) & Türkiş (440) are calculated separately.

Turkis (78) may also be a first name.

Turkis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turkis (Russian: Туркис) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Türkis, Turkiş, Turķis or Türkiş. For other potential spellings of Turkis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turkis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Turkis is the 1,710,039th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Turkis are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,091,646th most numerous given name on earth, held by 78 people.

Turkis is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 2,280,159. In Indonesia Turkis is mostly concentrated in: South Sumatra, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.

Turkis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Turkis surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Turkis earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.2% less than the national average, earning $34,866 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Türkis94177/
Turkiş941/
Turķis941/
Turkish921,485/
Tuerkis926/
Tourkis924/
Türkiş89440/
Turkisch864/
Turkoise861/
Turkes8382/
Torkis8332/
Turcis8315/
Turkys8311/
Turkesh77170/
Turquis7779/
Turckes7736/
Turkich7730/
Turkees7723/
Torkish7717/
Turcois7717/
Turkyts7712/
Turkysh775/
Tirkish774/
Tuerkes772/
Türkish771/
Turkets771/
Torckis771/
Torkisz771/
Turquois71714/
Turquais71346/
Turquist714/
Tourquis711/
Taurchis711/
Turkeš67423/
Turquoise67369/
Tirkiz6792/
Tirkiş6755/
Türkes6732/
Tirkes6726/
Türkiz6717/
Torkes675/
Turkez673/
Turces673/
Turkeş671/

Turkis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turkis in the Russian language
Туркисturkis-

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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 Turkis
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