Tursen Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Tursen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 228 | 1:35,762 | 4,262 |
| Afghanistan | 183 | 1:175,700 | 3,503 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Türsen (132) & Turşen (1) are calculated separately.
Tursen (160) may also be a first name.
Tursen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tursen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tursen (Russian: Турсен) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Türsen or Turşen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tursen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 671,677th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. Tursen is predominantly found in Oceania, where 51 percent of Tursen live; 51 percent live in Oceania Islands and 51 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 725,185th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 160 people.
The surname Tursen is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 35,762. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: New Ireland, where 94 percent reside, East Sepik, where 4 percent reside and Bougainville, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 41 percent reside and Russia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tursen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tursen in the Russian language | ||
| Турсен | tursen | - |
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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
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- 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 Tursen
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