Türek Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Türek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 130 | 1:598,626 | 32,242 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
The alternate forms: Turek (28,979) & Ťurek (44) are calculated separately.
Türek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Türek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Türek is most common in Turkey. It may be found as: Turek or Ťurek. Click here to see other possible spellings of Türek.
How Common Is The Last Name Türek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Türek is the 1,551,568th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname Türek is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Türek reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name Türek is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 598,626. In Turkey it is most common in: Manisa Province, where 42 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 20 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turek | 93 | 28,979 | / |
| Türeak | 91 | 10 | / |
| Ťurek | 87 | 44 | / |
| Tirek | 80 | 221 | / |
| Torek | 80 | 195 | / |
| Tureck | 73 | 674 | / |
| Tourek | 73 | 601 | / |
| Tiğrek | 73 | 160 | / |
| Turrek | 73 | 136 | / |
| Thurek | 73 | 44 | / |
| Taurek | 73 | 40 | / |
| Toerek | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tireck | 73 | 8 | / |
| Turesk | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tirekh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tureek | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tureak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tureke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Toreck | 73 | 2 | / |
| Turekx | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tirrek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tureik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuerek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thirek | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tureks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toorek | 73 | 0 | / |
| Turecke | 67 | 30 | / |
| Taureck | 67 | 28 | / |
| Torreck | 67 | 26 | / |
| Turreck | 67 | 21 | / |
| Thoreck | 67 | 21 | / |
| Toureke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Türkova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thureck | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Türek
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