Ertaş Surname

13,705th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Ertaş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ertaş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey40,7061:1,912287
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Ertas (636) are calculated separately.

Ertaş (754) may also be a first name.

Ertaş Last Name Facts

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

Ertaş is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Ertas. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ertaş? popularity and diffusion

Ertaş is the 13,705th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 178,972 people. The surname Ertaş occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Ertaş reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Ertaş is also the 299,270th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 754 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 40,706 people, or 1 in 1,912. In Turkey Ertaş is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent are found, Van Province, where 7 percent are found and Mardin Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Turkey it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ertas93636/
Hertaş9129/
Ertaç80637/
Ertac8022/
Hertas7348/
Gertas7318/
Ertash7311/
Ertach7310/
Errtas731/
Hertach67354/
Hertaus67165/
Hertaas6722/
Heurtas673/
Gerthas670/

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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 Ertaş
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