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

The last name Turua (Oriya: ତୁରୁଆ) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turua? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 728,955th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. It occurs mostly 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 first name throughout the world It is held by 90 people.

The surname Turua is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 826,557. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Papua, where 90 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 8 percent live and Papua, where 2 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and New Zealand, where 14 percent live.

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
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  • 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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