Turbin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: the daily grind

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈtɝbɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Turbin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 790K(measured from records)
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 194K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 324K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,100 people, est.

Sources
177 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 194K (inferred from the name graph)

New Zealand, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

the daily grind

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Turbin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Turbin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈3,100 est.≈1 in 447K—Turbin1
US United States4211 in 790K445Turbin177
FR France≈210 est.≈1 in 324K32—1
RU Russia≈200 est.≈1 in 714K—Turbin12
GB United Kingdom≈83 est.≈1 in 794K82Turbin53
NZ New Zealand≈25 est.≈1 in 194K—Turbin1
IE Ireland≈14 est.≈1 in 375K—Turbin1
EE Estonia≈4 est.≈1 in 351Klisted—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Turbin is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in El Salvador, United States, Mexico, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Turbín, Turbìn

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Турбин, Турбін

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ṭurbīn

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Turbin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Indonesian, turbine: any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Sergey Turbin, b. 1821Nikolay Turbin, b. 1832Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Turbin, b. 1912Viktor Turbin, b. 1913Viktor Turbin, b. 1923Neil Turbin, b. 1963Nika Turbina, b. 1974Evgeny Turbin, b. 1979Robert Turbin, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Turbin,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Turbin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000445#45,308
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020432#51,968
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010421#49,824
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200282#37,515
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196136—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195133—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197126—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194126—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190122—

Reference works 2

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Turbin mean, and where does it come from?
the daily grind Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Turbin?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtɝbɪn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Turbin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 thousand people named Turbin in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled turbin.
How common is the name Turbin?
In the United States, the national register counted 421 people named Turbin in 2010, about 1 in 790 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Turbin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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