Cerkezi Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Cerkezi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 1:4,264 | 487 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Çerkezi (365) & Čerkezi (165) are calculated separately.
Cerkezi (20) may also be a first name.
Cerkezi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cerkezi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cerkezi is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Çerkezi or Čerkezi. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cerkezi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,075,631st most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Cerkezi reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 41 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Cerkezi is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 20 people.
The surname Cerkezi is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 315,881. In Switzerland Cerkezi is primarily found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 73 percent are found and Republic and Canton of the Jura, where 27 percent are found. Not including Switzerland this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 15 percent are found and Liechtenstein, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Çerkezi | 95 | 365 | / |
| Čerkezi | 95 | 165 | / |
| Cherkezi | 93 | 4 | / |
| Qerkezi | 86 | 352 | / |
| Kerkezi | 86 | 31 | / |
| Šerkezi | 86 | 27 | / |
| Serkezi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Zerkezi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cherkesi | 80 | 470 | / |
| Tserkezi | 80 | 332 | / |
| Kerkezis | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tserkezis | 75 | 356 | / |
| Tserkezie | 75 | 10 | / |
| Chirkezie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Serkizi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Cercizi | 71 | 15 | / |
| Kerkegi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kerkeza | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cerkese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Serkezy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kerkezha | 67 | 69 | / |
| Serkizis | 67 | 20 | / |
| Serkieza | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tserkesi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cherkisi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Cerkezi
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