Dilekçi Surname

113,951st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,058 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Dilekçi Surname User-submission:

The Dilekçi surname comes from the Turkish word, meaning 'wisher'.

Dilekçi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4,0261:19,3302,313
Northern Cyprus311:10,2912,613
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Dilekci (66) are calculated separately.

Dilekçi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Dilekçi surname comes from the Turkish word, meaning 'wisher'.

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Dilekçi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dilekçi is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Dilekci. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dilekçi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 113,951st most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,795,847 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Dilekçi live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 4,026 people, or 1 in 19,330. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent live, Ankara Province, where 8 percent live and Mardin Province, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dilekci9566/
Dileksiz809/
Dilexi771/
Dilekce7151/
Dilexit711/
Dileqci711/
Delikçi711/
Dislikci677/
Dilakshi671/
Delexi621/
Dilexy621/
Dilecce57186/
Delikci5730/
Delexio571/
Delexis571/
Deleixhe5339/
Duleksoy537/
Delecxis531/
Dilicchio505/
Delecchio503/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dilekçi
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