Turkmen Surname
Approximately 32,246 people bear this surname
Turkmen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkmenistan | 29,866 | 1:184 | 37 |
| Iran | 842 | 1:91,191 | 9,144 |
| France | 355 | 1:187,106 | 29,101 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 154 | 1:2,353,629 | 145,693 |
| Netherlands | 134 | 1:126,024 | 19,691 |
| Afghanistan | 120 | 1:267,943 | 4,426 |
| England | 104 | 1:535,751 | 33,356 |
| Russia | 80 | 1:1,801,538 | 116,326 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Northern Cyprus | 5 | 1:63,802 | 8,731 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Türkmen (77,868) are calculated separately.
Turkmen (3,921) may also be a first name.
Turkmen Demographics
Turkmen Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Turkmen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turkmen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Turkmen (Russian: Туркмен) occurs most in Turkmenistan. It can also appear as a variant: Türkmen. For other potential spellings of Turkmen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Turkmen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,190th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 225,998 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Turkmen reside; 93 percent reside in Central Asia and 93 percent reside in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Turkmen is also the 111,846th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 3,921 people.
Turkmen is most widespread in Turkmenistan, where it is held by 29,866 people, or 1 in 184. Barring Turkmenistan this surname exists in 59 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 3 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Turkmen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Turkmen last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Turkmen are 0.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.57% registered to vote for the political party.
Turkmen earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning $44,786 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Türkmen | 95 | 77,868 | / |
| Tuerkmen | 93 | 10 | / |
| Tourkmen | 93 | 1 | / |
| Torkmen | 86 | 11 | / |
| Turqmen | 86 | 4 | / |
| Turkmin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Turkmenova | 82 | 574 | / |
| Torkmn | 77 | 4 | / |
| Türkmenová | 71 | 2 | / |
| Turkminova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Türkmem | 71 | 1 | / |
Turkmen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Turkmen in the Russian language | ||
| Туркмен | turkmen | - |
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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 Turkmen
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