Tursun Surname

77,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Tursun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tursun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5,5491:14,0241,754
France1631:407,50159,752
Kazakhstan1571:112,62712,106
Kyrgyzstan1081:55,3027,812
China661:20,716,9931,140
Bosnia and Herzegovina451:78,5877,714
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
United States181:20,136,607622,629
England171:3,277,533109,658
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Norway101:514,22941,629
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Macau11:601,6301,582
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Tursun (12,161) may also be a first name.

Tursun Last Name Facts

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

Tursun (Georgian: ტურსუნ, Russian: Турсун) is held by more people in Turkey 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 Tursun? popularity and diffusion

Tursun is the 77,879th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,160,807 people. Tursun is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Tursun live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Tursun is also the 53,663rd most numerous given name globally, borne by 12,161 people.

Tursun is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 5,549 people, or 1 in 14,024. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Diyarbakir Province, where 7 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 7 percent reside. Other than Turkey it occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent reside.

Tursun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Tursun surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

The amount Tursun earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 47.25% less than the national average, earning 182,557 kr per year and in United States they earn 131.35% more than the national average, earning $99,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toursoun862/
Torsun83342/
Tursum83107/
Turson8334/
Tirsun8334/
Tursón833/
Tursunova80105,750/
Tursunová801/
Turjaun7739/
Turchun7735/
Tourson777/
Turshon776/
Torshun775/
Tirsoun774/
Tursson770/
Toursunova751/
Thourson7133/
Thurjaun714/
Thorsoun711/
Toursoum711/
Torson671,061/
Turzunova6712/
Turjum671/
Torçun671/
Torsson62412/
Tórsson622/
Türceun621/
Turgion621/
Torshon620/
Torrson620/
Thorsson571,371/
Thorrson573/
Thorshon571/
Thiersoen530/
Torzon5043/

Tursun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tursun in the Georgian language
ტურსუნtursun-
Tursun in the Russian language
Турсунtursun-

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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 Tursun
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