Turmi Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Turmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turmi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
Indonesia671:1,973,869124,197
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Turmi (2,619) may also be a first name.

Turmi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Turmi (Hindi: तुरमी, Oriya: ତୁମିର୍) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turmi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,453,389th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Turmi live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Turmi is also the 143,577th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,619 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 37 percent reside, Zamfara, where 31 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 46 percent reside and Liberia, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turmis91134/
Turmyi9174/
Tourmi9161/
Turmiy9134/
Turmei913/
Turmiz912/
Turmui911/
Turmgi911/
Tourmai8311/
Tourmie831/
Turmish830/
Turme80239/
Turma80203/
Tormi8039/
Tirmi8023/
Turmy8013/
Turmes73322/
Turmet73124/
Turmer7367/
Turmys7350/
Tormoi7327/
Tourme7321/
Tormai7317/
Tourma739/
Tuurma738/
Turmay735/
Tormii733/
Tirmai732/
Tormie731/
Thormi731/
Türmiş731/
Turmoy731/
Tirmei731/
Turmed731/
Thurmy730/
Turmey730/
Thurmes67319/
Tourmez6747/
Tuurmaa6739/
Tirmieh6712/
Turmess671/
Tuurmer671/
Taurmer671/
Thirmai671/
Thourmy671/
Tourmer671/
Turmmer671/
Tourmay670/
Tourmey670/

Turmi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turmi in the Oriya language
ତୁମିର୍tumir-
Turmi in the Hindi language
तुरमीturami50
टुरमीturami25
तुर्मीturmi25

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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 Turmi
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