Cifoglu Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Cifoglu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cifoglu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey401:1,945,53668,232
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Cifoglu Last Name Facts

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

Cifoglu is most common in Turkey. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cifoglu? popularity and diffusion

Cifoglu is the 3,017,195th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Cifoglu occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Cifoglu reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 1,945,536. In Turkey Cifoglu is mostly found in: Konya Province, where 78 percent are found and Trabzon Province, where 23 percent are found. Excluding Turkey Cifoglu is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Civeoglu8019/
Civaoglu8016/
Zaifoglu806/
Seyifoglu7519/
Tsifoglou751/
Sifoğlu7131/
Safoglu7111/
Kefoglu713/
Sofoglu711/
Zaifoğlu67348/
Civaoğlu67219/
Sofuoglu6758/
Sefaoglu6749/
Sivoglou6734/
Sofoglou6718/
Safaoglu6717/
Sufioglu678/
Şifaoğlu675/
Shefoglu674/
Zafoglou673/
Keyfoglu673/
Zivoglou671/
Siefogle670/
Zeyfeoglu63133/
Zayıfoglu6373/

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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 Cifoglu
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