Turtschi Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Turtschi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turtschi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2291:35,8645,201
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Turtschi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turtschi is most common in Switzerland. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Turtschi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,052,587th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Turtschi live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 35,864. In Switzerland Turtschi is most frequent in: Canton of Bern, where 70 percent live, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 8 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 7 percent live. Not including Switzerland this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turtchi930/
Turtschy8810/
Turhtchi881/
Turchi868,035/
Turtscher8233/
Turchio80173/
Tourchi8045/
Turchii8020/
Turchyi804/
Turchiy802/
Turci774,652/
Turtscer754/
Türtscher71596/
Turcsi71216/
Turczi7191/
Turcci7187/
Turchy7115/
Turcie716/
Turche714/
Tirtsi711/
Turtchett710/
Tourche6762/
Toorchi677/
Turzhyi675/
Tourchy675/
Turzhiy671/
Turcioa671/

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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 Turtschi
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