Turkson Surname
Approximately 22,493 people bear this surname
Turkson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 21,890 | 1:1,234 | 201 |
| United States | 296 | 1:1,224,523 | 86,796 |
| England | 147 | 1:379,034 | 26,619 |
| Ivory Coast | 60 | 1:384,521 | 13,351 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Türkson (54) are calculated separately.
Turkson (749) may also be a first name.
Turkson Demographics
Average Turkson Salary in
United States
$46,988 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Turkson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turkson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Turkson occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Türkson. Click here for other possible spellings of Turkson.
How Common Is The Last Name Turkson? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 24,051st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 323,992 people. The last name Turkson is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Turkson are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 300,342nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 749 people.
Turkson is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 21,890 people, or 1 in 1,234. Aside from Ghana Turkson occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Turkson Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Turkson surname are 1.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.76% registered with the political party.
The amount Turkson earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $46,988 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.29% more than the national average, earning $50,823 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Türkson | 95 | 54 | / |
| Turkshond | 88 | 2 | / |
| Turksun | 86 | 40 | / |
| Turksen | 86 | 21 | / |
| Torkson | 86 | 2 | / |
| Turksan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Turgson | 86 | 0 | / |
| Turkshound | 82 | 1 | / |
| Turksian | 80 | 16 | / |
| Turkshan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Turkshund | 75 | 9 | / |
| Turkshune | 75 | 1 | / |
| Turcsán | 71 | 1,318 | / |
| Türksan | 71 | 47 | / |
| Turcsan | 71 | 30 | / |
| Türksen | 71 | 8 | / |
| Türksün | 71 | 2 | / |
| Torcson | 71 | 2 | / |
| Torgson | 71 | 0 | / |
| Thurcsan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Turxan | 62 | 3 | / |
| Turcsanová | 59 | 2 | / |
| Turcsánová | 59 | 1 | / |
| Türkçen | 57 | 19 | / |
| Torgsen | 57 | 2 | / |
| Torcsán | 57 | 1 | / |
| Turxanova | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Turkson
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