Gerekli Surname

355,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,022 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gerekli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerekli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,0101:77,0517,092
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gerekli Last Name Facts

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

Gerekli is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerekli? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gerekli is the 355,667th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,130,671 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Gerekli are found; 91 percent are found in West Asia and 91 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,010 people, or 1 in 77,051. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 17 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 11 percent live and Diyarbakir Province, where 9 percent live. Barring Turkey it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erekli92661/
Herekli8611/
Erzekli868/
Zerekli861/
Seyrekli80131/
Zeyrekli8073/
Hereklis801/
Erikli773,179/
Yrekli7711/
Gerakelli754/
Serikli7177/
Erekler7146/
Zirekli7120/
Yorekli7113/
Cirekli7110/
Herekle717/
Yerikli714/
Eryklis712/
Herikli711/
Gorakli711/
Garakli711/
Gerickle674/
Jerikloi671/

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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 Gerekli
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