Baykuş Surname

77,380th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,321 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Baykuş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baykuş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6,3101:12,3331,584
Kosovo101:186,1877,122
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

The alternate forms: Baykus (56) are calculated separately.

Baykuş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Baykuş is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Baykus. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Baykuş? popularity and diffusion

The last name Baykuş is the 77,380th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,152,910 people. The surname Baykuş occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Baykuş live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 6,310 people, or 1 in 12,333. In Turkey Baykuş is most common in: Sanliurfa Province, where 16 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 14 percent reside and Kahramanmaras Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Turkey it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kosovo, where 0 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baykus9456/
Bakuş91117/
Başkuş83249/
Baykush7710/
Bakus731,165/
Bykus73222/
Bakuš7315/
Bykuc7313/
Bakuz734/
Bakoş732/
Bakuc731/
Bakuj731/
Backus6711,079/
Bakush67989/
Baukus67267/
Bakucz67195/
Baykoz67189/
Bakhus67131/
Bakaus67114/
Bakouz67106/
Bakous6747/
Bagkus6747/
Vaykus6742/
Bakkus6734/
Baykuzova6725/
Bakuse6718/
Baskus678/
Baikus672/
Bakuce672/
Baykos672/
Buykus671/
Bahkus671/
Baukuß671/
Bajkuj671/
Bakusz671/
Bakurz671/
Bakuhs671/
Bhakus671/
Boykus671/

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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 Baykuş
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