Direkçi Surname

178,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Direkçi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Direkçi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2,3761:32,7533,512
Northern Cyprus241:13,2923,416
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Direkci (42) are calculated separately.

Direkçi Last Name Facts

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

Direkçi is found most frequently in Turkey. It may be rendered as a variant: Direkci. For other possible spellings of Direkçi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Direkçi? popularity and diffusion

Direkçi is the 178,005th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,035,213 people. The last name Direkçi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Direkçi live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 2,376 people, or 1 in 32,753. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Gaziantep Province, where 19 percent live, Sirnak Province, where 15 percent live and Diyarbakir Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Turkey it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Direkci9542/
Direksi862,001/
Direksiz8081/
Direkchai7512/
Durakçi71315/
Derekci7137/
Direkze7121/
Direckze674/
Direcchio632/
Direcksze631/
Derekchai631/
Diricci576/
Dirikse571/
Dereksa571/
Diriksoy5370/
Diriqsey534/
Durakçay532/
Derrecci531/
Diriqsay531/
Dierickse5059/
Derecchio501/

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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 Direkçi
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