Turkman Surname
Approximately 19,367 people bear this surname
Turkman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 13,746 | 1:5,586 | 759 |
| Syria | 2,923 | 1:6,603 | 685 |
| Palestine | 1,402 | 1:3,245 | 706 |
| Jordan | 525 | 1:16,843 | 2,665 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Israel | 222 | 1:38,548 | 5,284 |
| Lebanon | 71 | 1:79,396 | 5,337 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Croatia | 29 | 1:145,814 | 20,021 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Türkman (1,132) are calculated separately.
Turkman (384) may also be a first name.
Turkman Demographics
Average Turkman Salary in
United States
$35,588 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Turkman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turkman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Turkman (Arabic: ترُكمان, Georgian: ტურკმან, Russian: Туркман) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Türkman. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Turkman? popularity and diffusion
The last name Turkman is the 27,770th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 376,287 people. The surname Turkman is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Turkman are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 442,333rd most common first name in the world, held by 384 people.
It is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 13,746 people, or 1 in 5,586. In Iran Turkman is most frequent in: Hamadan Province, where 37 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 29 percent reside and Fars Province, where 6 percent reside. Other than Iran this surname occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 15 percent reside and Palestine, where 7 percent reside.
Turkman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (58%) in Lebanon.
The amount Turkman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 17.52% less than the national average, earning $35,588 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.11% less than the national average, earning $46,149 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Turkman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Turkman in the Georgian language | ||
| ტურკმან | turkman | - |
| Turkman in the Russian language | ||
| Туркман | turkman | - |
| Turkman in the Arabic language | ||
| ترُكمان | trukman | - |
| تركمانية | trkmanyt | - |
| تركماني | trkmany | - |
| تركمانيه | trkmanyh | - |
| تركمان | trkman | - |
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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 Turkman
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