Turu Surname
Approximately 4,313 people bear this surname
Turu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,146 | 1:115,401 | 11,723 |
| Nigeria | 898 | 1:197,264 | 11,843 |
| Papua New Guinea | 331 | 1:24,634 | 2,717 |
| India | 294 | 1:2,609,066 | 82,085 |
| Spain | 246 | 1:190,049 | 13,226 |
| Serbia | 188 | 1:38,005 | 3,924 |
| Estonia | 134 | 1:9,864 | 1,384 |
| Ukraine | 126 | 1:361,291 | 44,578 |
| Romania | 113 | 1:177,680 | 18,230 |
| Hungary | 104 | 1:94,387 | 9,245 |
| Tanzania | 103 | 1:513,996 | 33,942 |
| Finland | 81 | 1:67,861 | 7,618 |
| New Zealand | 79 | 1:57,321 | 9,018 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Solomon Islands | 48 | 1:12,084 | 2,184 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Honduras | 9 | 1:979,605 | 4,574 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
The alternate forms: Turú (133), Túru (1), Türü (130) & Túrú (48) are calculated separately.
Turu (2,763) may also be a first name.
Turu Demographics
Turu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Turu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Turu (Bengali: তুরু, Georgian: ტურუ, Hindi: टुरु, Marathi: तुरु, Oriya: ଟୁରୁ, Russian: Туру, Tibetan: ཏུ་རུ་) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Turú, Túru, Türü or Túrú. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Turu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 108,017th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,689,670 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 34 percent of Turu live; 26 percent live in Southeast Asia and 26 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 138,968th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 2,763 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,146 people, or 1 in 115,401. In Indonesia Turu is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 42 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 41 percent live and Southeast Sulawesi, where 6 percent live. Other than Indonesia it occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
Turu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya, Christian (93%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
Turu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.77% less than the national average, earning R 138,372 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Turu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Turu in the Georgian language | ||
| ტურუ | turu | - |
| Turu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏུ་རུ་ | turu | - |
| Turu in the Marathi language | ||
| तुरु | turu | 80 |
| टुरु | turu | 10 |
| तुरू | turu | 10 |
| Turu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟୁରୁ | turu | 62.79 |
| ତୁରୁ | turu | 26.16 |
| ଟୂରୁ | turu | 6.98 |
| ଟୂରୂ | turu | 1.16 |
| ଟୁରୂ | turu | 1.16 |
| ତୁଡୁ | tudu | 1.16 |
| ତରୁ | taru | 0.58 |
| Turu in the Bengali language | ||
| তুরু | turu | 50 |
| টুরু | turu | 50 |
| Turu in the Hindi language | ||
| टुरु | turu | 50 |
| तुरू | turu | 20 |
| टुरू | turu | 20 |
| टूरू | turu | 10 |
| Turu in the Russian language | ||
| Туру | turu | - |
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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 Turu
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