Cankur Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Cankur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cankur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5641:137,98111,169
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Cankur (10) may also be a first name.

Cankur Last Name Facts

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

Cankur occurs most in Turkey. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cankur? popularity and diffusion

Cankur is the 550,571st most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname Cankur is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Cankur are found; 78 percent are found in West Asia and 78 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Cankur is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 10 people.

The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 564 people, or 1 in 137,981. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 38 percent reside, Sinop Province, where 22 percent reside and Konya Province, where 6 percent reside. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chankur9237/
Cangkur9233/
Changkur8642/
Chankour8617/
Chankure862/
Sankur83570/
Conkur83172/
Cankor83130/
Kankur8368/
Cancur8332/
Jankur832/
Zankur830/
Chankhour8025/
Chankaure801/
Jhankur77228/
Zankour77209/
Kankour77205/
Jangkur77116/
Sangkur7798/
Kankure7758/
Camkurt7755/
Kankurt7729/
Jankour772/
Conkurt771/
Sankhur771/
Kankutr771/
Camkure771/
Jankure771/
Jankurd771/
Khankure71106/
Jankhour7126/
Sangkour718/
Zankoure713/
Khankour713/
Chanqour711/
Sankkuur711/
Sonkur671,318/
Konkur67171/
Kancur6796/
Conkor6750/
Khankhure6720/
Kankor6717/
Zonkur6716/
Jancur676/
Çonkur672/
Kankurova672/
Cancor672/
Concur672/
Zankor671/
Zancur671/
Jangkurth670/

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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 Cankur
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