Erkent Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Erkent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erkent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1501:518,80929,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Erkent Last Name Facts

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

The last name Erkent is found most in Turkey. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Erkent? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,415,499th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Erkent is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Erkent reside; 82 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 518,809. In Turkey Erkent is mostly concentrated in: Gaziantep Province, where 55 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 22 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 11 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent reside and Panama, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herckent861/
Arkent8311/
Orkent832/
Erkünt831/
Hercent77145/
Ercend670/
Hercend62130/
Jerkind621/
Herrkind571/
Hjerkind571/
Heerkind570/
Arkind5070/

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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 Erkent
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