Bayraktar Surname

8,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63,743 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Bayraktar Surname User-submission:

The Bayraktar surname means 'person who's assigned to carry a flag'.

Bayraktar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey61,3031:1,269183
Germany5391:149,36117,949
Northern Cyprus4051:78842
Bulgaria3571:19,5491,755
Belgium2751:41,8066,850
United States1331:2,725,255163,031
Austria1061:80,33412,076
Russia981:1,470,643101,259
Netherlands631:268,05033,531
Iraq581:603,8229,381
England531:1,051,28451,324
Switzerland381:216,12918,575
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Azerbaijan221:438,5968,841
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Moldova181:197,85418,761
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Kosovo171:109,5225,683
France131:5,109,440259,941
Finland111:499,70030,478
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
Norway61:857,04855,549
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
China31:455,773,85521,925
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

Bayraktar (277) may also be a first name.

Bayraktar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Bayraktar surname means 'person who's assigned to carry a flag'.

- cerenn

The Bayraktar surname means 'one who carries flag at war'.

- serkan

Bayraktar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bayraktar (Russian: Байрактар) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bayraktar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,895th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 114,327 people. The surname Bayraktar occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Bayraktar reside; 78 percent reside in West Asia and 78 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Bayraktar is also the 533,704th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 277 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 61,303 people, or 1 in 1,269. In Turkey Bayraktar is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent are found, Trabzon Province, where 8 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Turkey it is found in 61 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found.

Bayraktar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Bayraktar surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Bayraktar last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bayraktar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.16% less than the national average, earning 290,163 kr per year; in United States they earn 23.37% more than the national average, earning $53,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.08% less than the national average, earning $30,766 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bayraktar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bayraktar in the Russian language
Байрактарbajraktar-

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