Bektaşoğlu Surname
Approximately 2,791 people bear this surname
Bektaşoğlu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,761 | 1:28,186 | 3,168 |
| Northern Cyprus | 28 | 1:11,393 | 2,921 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bektasoglu (30) are calculated separately.
Bektaşoğlu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bektaşoğlu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bektaşoğlu is found most frequently in Turkey. It can be rendered as: Bektasoglu. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bektaşoğlu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bektaşoğlu is the 156,819th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,611,088 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Bektaşoğlu live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 2,761 people, or 1 in 28,186. In Turkey Bektaşoğlu is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent live, Trabzon Province, where 14 percent live and Ankara Province, where 9 percent live. Barring Turkey this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bektasoglu | 93 | 30 | / |
| Bekdaşoğlu | 90 | 27 | / |
| Bektasooglu | 76 | 5 | / |
| Bektasioglu | 76 | 5 | / |
| Bektesoglu | 70 | 43 | / |
| Pektasoglu | 70 | 32 | / |
| Bekdasoglu | 70 | 1 | / |
| Bektas Kol | 70 | 1 | / |
| Bektasoglo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Pektasoglou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bekdesoglu | 60 | 30 | / |
| Pekdasoglu | 60 | 6 | / |
| Bektas Gul | 60 | 2 | / |
| Bektas-Gul | 60 | 1 | / |
| Pektesoglou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bektas Gulle | 55 | 1 | / |
| Bagtzoglou | 50 | 22 | / |
| Bactsoglou | 50 | 2 | / |
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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
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- 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 Bektaşoğlu
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