Turua Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Turua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1601:826,55762,551
Papua New Guinea1121:72,8019,515
New Zealand541:83,85811,975
Uganda341:1,148,21447,064
Cook Islands291:62788
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Turua (90) may also be a first name.

Turua Last Name Facts

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

Turua (Oriya: ତୁରୁଆ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Turua? popularity and diffusion

Turua is the 728,955th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Turua live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 65 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,005,046th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 90 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 826,557. In Indonesia Turua is primarily concentrated in: West Papua, where 90 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 8 percent are found and Papua, where 2 percent are found. Barring Indonesia it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent are found and New Zealand, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taurua91424/
Teurua91108/
Thurua9111/
Tourua917/
Turuas911/
Teuruaa836/
Turba802,695/
Torua80940/
Tirua8066/
Turva8045/
Turwa8027/
Turuo8015/
Tourba732,324/
Turbay731,002/
Torwua73463/
Turbai73258/
Torzua73133/
Turbau7386/
Tourva7374/
Turuho7344/
Turvas7338/
Turbaj7315/
Turbea738/
Turwah736/
Turwat733/
Turbou731/
Taurba731/
Thirua731/
Toruea731/
Turway731/
Toorua731/
Tourvas67119/
Tourbah6712/
Tourwai672/
Turvaiz671/
Tourway671/
Tuirewa671/
Touhrba671/
Tourbou671/
Tourbai671/
Turwasz671/
Taurvas671/
Taurbai671/
Thurbai671/
Turrbai671/

Turua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turua in the Oriya language
ତୁରୁଆturu'a-

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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 Turua
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