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
Average Turkmen Salary in
United States
$44,786 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Turkmen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turkmen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Turkmen (Russian: Туркмен) occurs most in Turkmenistan. It may occur as a variant: Türkmen. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Turkmen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,190th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 225,998 people. The surname Turkmen is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Turkmen live; 93 percent live in Central Asia and 93 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Turkmen is also the 111,846th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 3,921 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Turkmenistan, where it is carried by 29,866 people, or 1 in 184. Without taking into account Turkmenistan this last name occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 3 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Turkmen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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 with 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
- 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 Turkmen
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