Turnball Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Turnball Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turnball Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England901:619,09036,665
Australia651:415,31833,226
United States601:6,040,982292,121
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:375,00623,176
Scotland311:120,7495,564
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:528,61836,719

Turnball Last Name Facts

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

Turnball occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Turnball.

How Common Is The Last Name Turnball? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 887,624th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. Turnball is mostly found in Europe, where 38 percent of Turnball are found; 37 percent are found in Northern Europe and 37 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 619,090. In England it is most common in: Oxfordshire, where 12 percent reside, Essex, where 9 percent reside and Buckinghamshire, where 8 percent reside. Apart from England Turnball occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Turnball Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Turnball has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Turnball last name increased 138 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it contracted 37 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Turnball Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Turnball surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Turnball earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 31.22% less than the national average, earning $29,677 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.95% less than the national average, earning $38,281 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turnbal930/
Turnwall88213/
Turnvall8827/
Turnboll884/
Turmball880/
Tornball880/
Thornball820/
Turnwald75931/
Tornvall7594/
Tornwall7528/
Turnbole7512/
Turnvald753/
Turnbolt751/
Turnboul750/
Turnbold750/
Thornwall71111/
Thurnwald7190/
Thurnvald7129/
Thornvall718/
Tornbol670/
Thornval6345/
Turnwold631/

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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 Turnball
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