Erkenek Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Erkenek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Erkenek 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
Turkey2151:361,96022,610
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336

Erkenek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Erkenek has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Erkenek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,118,459th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Erkenek live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

Erkenek is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 361,960. In Turkey Erkenek is mostly found in: Adiyaman Province, where 90 percent are found, Antalya Province, where 5 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 3 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

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
Ercenek8613/
Horkenek805/
Erkeng771/
Orekeneke751/
Erekenyuk751/
Erokhenko751/
Erkenkova751/
Erkonak71123/
Ercenik71106/
Erkonuk7118/
Ergunek711/
Erkenco711/
Orkenka711/
Erkaynak6726/
Yurkenyk675/
Ereokweinka674/
Erkenhag672/
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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 Erkenek
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