Turkmeh Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Turkmeh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Turkmeh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran471:1,633,67162,881
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633

Turkmeh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turkmeh is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Turkmeh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,776,799th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Turkmeh live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Turkmeh is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 1,633,671. In Iran Turkmeh is primarily found in: Fars Province, where 38 percent are found, Lorestan Province, where 21 percent are found and Alborz Province, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Iran this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Yemen, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turkme921/
Turkmee861/
Turkmez861/
Turkma7711/
Türkmez7139/
Turkmiz7117/
Turkmai711/
Turkmaya671/
Tourkmait631/
Türkmaya53264/

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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 Turkmeh
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