Turuku Surname

506,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Albania

Turuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Turuku 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
India2571:2,984,69089,613
Tanzania2501:211,76617,801
Papua New Guinea701:116,48215,803
Albania461:63,3497,550
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Turuku (87) may also be a first name.

Turuku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turuku (Oriya: ତୁରୁକୁ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Turuku.

How Common Is The Last Name Turuku? popularity and diffusion

Turuku is the 506,165th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. The last name Turuku occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of Turuku reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,024,927th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 87 people.

Turuku is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 2,984,690. In India Turuku is most numerous in: Odisha, where 98 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent reside. Aside from India this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 39 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.

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
Turruku923/
Turukcu923/
Thuruku921/
Turucu8317/
Toruku8314/
Tiruku831/
Touroukou80107/
Turuckó771/
Tirukhu771/
Toroukou712/
Tiroukou711/
Torucu6718/
Toroku6717/
Tiriku675/
Tourrucou672/
Turicu671/
Thiriku627/
Torokuy621/
Torokui621/
Tourrucoo5326/
Tourokhou534/
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Turuku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Turuku in the Oriya language
ତୁରୁକୁturuku88.73
ତୁରୂକୁturuku5.63
ଟୁରୁକୁturuku2.82

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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 Turuku
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