Turning Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Turning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:4,965,191254,179
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
India61:127,844,230863,365
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Turning (79) may also be a first name.

Turning Last Name Facts

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

Turning is most common in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Turning? popularity and diffusion

Turning is the 1,894,523rd most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Turning are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,083,225th most frequent first name on earth, held by 79 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 4,965,191. In The United States it is most numerous in: Ohio, where 21 percent are found, Connecticut, where 16 percent are found and New Jersey, where 11 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.

Turning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Turning has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Turning last name grew 365 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Turning Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Turning surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered with the political party.

Turning earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.57% less than the national average, earning $29,095 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tourning9310/
Thurning930/
Turnning930/
Turnin9273/
Torning86182/
Turnina86109/
Tirning8623/
Turnien860/
Turneng860/
Tournion801/
Tierning800/
Tornin77107/
Turnen7717/
Turnim777/
Turnyn774/
Thierning751/
Tournen711/
Thurnen711/
Tornen6214/
Tornín622/
Tournem5727/
Thornen571/
Turneem571/

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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 Turning
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis