Gençoğlu Surname
Approximately 8,603 people bear this surname
Gençoğlu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 8,584 | 1:9,066 | 1,200 |
| Northern Cyprus | 15 | 1:21,267 | 5,310 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gencoğlu (2) are calculated separately.
Gençoğlu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gençoğlu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gençoğlu is found most in Turkey. It can appear as a variant: Gencoğlu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gençoğlu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 58,707th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 847,094 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Gençoğlu live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 8,584 people, or 1 in 9,066. In Turkey Gençoğlu is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 7 percent reside and Hatay Province, where 6 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gençoğlu
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