Turquoise Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Turquoise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 362 | 1:212,106 | 16,819 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
Turquoise (365) may also be a first name.
Turquoise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turquoise Come From? nationality or country of origin
Turquoise is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Turquoise? popularity and diffusion
The surname Turquoise is the 770,644th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. Turquoise occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Turquoise reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Turquoise is also the 455,540th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 365 people.
This surname is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 362 people, or 1 in 212,106. In Iran Turquoise is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 72 percent live, Mazandaran Province, where 23 percent live and Markazi Province, where 3 percent live. Other than Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 1 percent live and Israel, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turquois | 94 | 714 | / |
| Turquis | 88 | 79 | / |
| Turquais | 82 | 346 | / |
| Turquist | 82 | 4 | / |
| Turkoise | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tourquis | 82 | 1 | / |
| Turnquis | 82 | 1 | / |
| Turquiz | 75 | 241 | / |
| Turques | 75 | 157 | / |
| Turcois | 75 | 17 | / |
| Turkose | 75 | 13 | / |
| Torquis | 75 | 11 | / |
| Turquez | 75 | 6 | / |
| Turquiza | 71 | 62 | / |
| Turkotse | 71 | 38 | / |
| Turquets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Torquese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Turnques | 71 | 1 | / |
| Turkis | 67 | 114 | / |
| Turkos | 67 | 63 | / |
| Turkisher | 67 | 41 | / |
| Turcis | 67 | 15 | / |
| Turcos | 67 | 4 | / |
| Turķis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turqoz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Turquoise
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