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Where Does The Last Name Turkish Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Turkish (Arabic: تركيه) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Türkish. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Turkish? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Turkish is the 263,749^th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,907,438 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Turkish live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 314,325^th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 692 people.

The surname is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 781 people, or 1 in 41,169. In Afghanistan it is most frequent in: Nangarhar, where 15 percent live, Kabul, where 15 percent live and Paktika, where 14 percent live. Aside from Afghanistan this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 19 percent live and Egypt, where 14 percent live.

Turkish Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Turkish has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Turkish last name grew 14,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Turkish Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Turkish surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered with the party.

Turkish earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 71.64% more than the national average, earning $74,061 USD per year.