Cekmez Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Cekmez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cekmez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Çekmez (1,467) are calculated separately.

Cekmez Last Name Facts

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

Cekmez is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Çekmez. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cekmez.

How Common Is The Last Name Cekmez? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Cekmez occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Cekmez are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Cekmez is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent are found and Hesse, where 14 percent are found. Barring Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Çekmez941,467/
Chekmez92141/
Cekmezs921/
Sekmez83150/
Chekmes774/
Tsekmez771/
Sekmeç67156/
Gecmez6713/
Tschekmes671/
Cekmis671/
Tsekmezova631/
Çekmece62227/
Tsekmes6289/
Suicmez6266/
Chykmyz624/
Tzekmes621/
Chekmish573/
Sekmeche571/
Zeckmeis571/
Scheckkmecht561/
Çekmiş50212/
Cikmis50121/
Cikmiš501/

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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 Cekmez
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