Turtu Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Turtu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turtu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2811:217,63930,585
Argentina461:929,20559,251
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Turtù (4) & Turtú (1) are calculated separately.

Turtu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turtu is carried by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Turtù or Turtú. For other potential spellings of Turtu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turtu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Turtu is the 806,178th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The surname Turtu occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Turtu are found; 81 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 81 percent are found in Italic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 217,639. In Italy it is most numerous in: Marche, where 73 percent reside, Abruzzo, where 21 percent reside and Lazio, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Italy this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Turtu Last Name Statistics demography

Turtu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turtù934/
Turtú931/
Turtui9114/
Turtou911/
Turtaut83251/
Tuirtou839/
Tourtou835/
Turtaud831/
Tortu80450/
Tirtu807/
Tourtaud7727/
Tourtaux779/
Thurtaud771/
Tourtout771/
Tirtau7378/
Tirteu7337/
Turtoe7313/
Tortou731/
Tortuu731/
Tourtault7110/
Tortuha674/
Thirtheu626/
Tortù605/
Tortú602/

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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 Turtu
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