Altıntaş Surname

10,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52,958 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Altıntaş Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Turkish words altın, meaning 'gold', 'golden', and taş, meaning 'stone'. So the meaning of the surname is 'golden stone'.

Altıntaş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey52,9391:1,470212
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England31:18,572,686338,250
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Altntas (2) are calculated separately.

Altıntaş Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Turkish words altın, meaning 'gold', 'golden', and taş, meaning 'stone'. So the meaning of the surname is 'golden stone'.

- adoreus

This surname is derived from the words altın, meaning 'gold', and taş (older variant: daş), meaning 'stone'. The surname means 'golden stone'.

- merttron

Altıntaş Last Name Facts

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

The last name Altıntaş is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Altntas. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Altıntaş? popularity and diffusion

The last name Altıntaş is the 10,607th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 137,610 people. The surname Altıntaş is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Altıntaş live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Altıntaş is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 52,939 people, or 1 in 1,470. In Turkey Altıntaş is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 5 percent reside. Other than Turkey this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Altntas932/
Altintaş88149/
Altıntas882/
Altintas751,471/
Altintaç75290/
Altıntoz7523/
Altintac7514/
Altyntas751/
Altyntash714/
Altintasová633/

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