Turkman Surname

27,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Palestine

Turkman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turkman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran13,7461:5,586759
Syria2,9231:6,603685
Palestine1,4021:3,245706
Jordan5251:16,8432,665
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Israel2221:38,5485,284
Lebanon711:79,3965,337
Portugal381:274,16410,086
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
Algeria81:4,828,94449,535
Denmark61:940,78647,603
England61:9,286,343223,652
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Türkman (1,132) are calculated separately.

Turkman (384) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Türkman951,132/
Turkmane93110/
Tourkman931/
Turkmand931/
Tourkmane882/
Torkman861,783/
Turqman8618/
Tirkman861/
Turkmanova8265/
Thorkman8023/
Türkmann803/
Torkhman802/
Toorkman801/
Tourkmam801/
Turkmonova7171/

Turkman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turkman in the Georgian language
ტურკმანturkman-
Turkman in the Russian language
Туркманturkman-
Turkman in the Arabic language
ترُكمانtrukman-
تركمانيةtrkmanyt-
تركمانيtrkmany-
تركمانيهtrkmanyh-
تركمانtrkman-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Turkman
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