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 surname Turtal is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Turtal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Turtal is the 436,213th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. Turtal occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Turtal reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 773 people, or 1 in 130,968. In The Philippines Turtal is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 50 percent reside, Soccsksargen, where 13 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 11 percent reside. Besides The Philippines Turtal occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Turtal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency 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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