Turtal Surname

436,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Turtal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turtal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines7731:130,96822,312
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Turtal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turtal is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turtal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Turtal is the 436,213th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Turtal are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

Turtal is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 773 people, or 1 in 130,968. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Central Visayas, where 50 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 13 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 11 percent live. Besides The Philippines this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Turtal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Turtal has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Turtal last name declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tourtal921/
Thurtal920/
Turttall860/
Tortal83764/
Turtol833/
Tirtal832/
Tourtault8010/
Tirthal775/
Tirtall771/
Thortall710/
Tortol6718/
Tortolì621/

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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 Turtal
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