Turukan Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Turukan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Turukan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1591:245,53018,354
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Turukan (72) may also be a first name.

Turukan Last Name Facts

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

Turukan occurs most in Uganda. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Turukan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turukan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Turukan is the 1,364,059th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Turukan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Turukan live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 72 people.

The surname Turukan is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 245,530. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kotido District, where 63 percent are found, Napak District, where 21 percent are found and Nakapiripirit District, where 14 percent are found. Beside Uganda Turukan exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turuşkan93409/
Turukane937/
Touroukan881/
Turukamne881/
Tirukan8676/
Turikan8630/
Turucan861/
Turuican8030/
Turikhan8014/
Tirukann803/
Turikain802/
Turukhanova7836/
Thirukkan755/
Torokan7120/
Tirikan714/
Torukon712/
Torokhan674/
Tirikon5724/
Torokon573/
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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 Turukan
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