Gerçeker Surname

277,207th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gerçeker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerçeker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,3631:57,0965,544
Northern Cyprus321:9,9692,519
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Gerceker (13) are calculated separately.

Gerçeker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gerçeker is most common in Turkey. It may be rendered as: Gerceker. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerçeker? popularity and diffusion

Gerçeker is the 277,207th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,212,837 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Gerçeker are found; 82 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Gerçeker is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 1,363 people, or 1 in 57,096. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Ankara Province, where 23 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live and Konya Province, where 8 percent live. Other than Turkey this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gerceker9613/
Erçeker932/
Görçeker8835/
Gerseker887/
Yerçeker886/
Erşeker80186/
Giersheker785/
Gerzezske711/
Ersecer678/
Erciker677/
Gergike672/
Gerseacher671/

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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 Gerçeker
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