Evliya Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Evliya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Evliya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3031:256,83617,662
Northern Cyprus1141:2,798399
England71:7,959,723202,100
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Evliya (754) may also be a first name.

Evliya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Evliya is found most in Turkey. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Evliya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 691,116th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. Evliya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Evliya live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 66 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 299,270th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 754 people.

Evliya is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 256,836. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 19 percent reside, Denizli Province, where 14 percent reside and Hatay Province, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 27 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jevliya9226/
Ewliya8349/
Jevlaya772/
Jivliya772/
Jevleya771/
Evlui73526/
Evley7328/
Evlie731/
Ewilliya711/
Yevlae676/
Hevley671/
Eavley671/
Yevley671/

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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 Evliya
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