Türken Surname

87,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Türken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Türken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5,4351:14,3191,787
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Northern Cyprus71:45,5737,927
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Turken (419) are calculated separately.

Türken (676) may also be a first name.

Türken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Türken (Georgian: ტურკენ, Oriya: ତୁେକନ) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Turken. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Türken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 87,786th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,330,816 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Türken live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Türken is also the 318,733rd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 676 people.

The last name Türken is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 5,435 people, or 1 in 14,319. In Turkey Türken is most common in: Denizli Province, where 30 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 10 percent reside and Bursa Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Turkey it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Türken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Türken has changed over time. In The United States it fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turken94419/
Türkent928/
Türkkent8668/
Türkün83914/
Türkön83275/
Tirken831/
Turcken778/
Thurken772/
Türkina771/
Türkind771/
Turkienė715/
Thürkind711/
Turkin677,877/
Turkyn67485/
Tirkin6783/
Türcin6711/
Turckin621/
Thirkin621/
Thurkin620/

Türken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Türken in the Georgian language
ტურკენturken-
Türken in the Oriya language
ତୁେକନtuekana-

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Türken Reference & Research

Turk FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Turk FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Türken
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