Turtev Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Turtev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turtev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Turtev Last Name Facts

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

Turtev (Russian: Туртев) occurs most in Bulgaria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Turtev? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Turtev live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Turtev is most frequently occurring in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,326,302. In Bulgaria it is most prevalent in: Veliko Tarnovo Province, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Bulgaria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 30 percent reside and Slovakia, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turtaev92455/
Turteva924/
Turtiev922/
Turdteva861/
Tortev83103/
Turtov8314/
Turtevová8010/
Turtevova801/
Tirteev7713/
Tortiev772/
Torteiv771/
Tirtov676/
Torteb671/
Thurtteff670/
Tourtip621/
Tortip506/
Dturthybhd501/

Turtev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turtev in the Russian language
Туртевturtev-

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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 Turtev
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