Geçit Surname

98,766th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Geçit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geçit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4,7601:16,3491,994
Northern Cyprus321:9,9692,519
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

The alternate forms: Gecit (48) are calculated separately.

Geçit Last Name Facts

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

Geçit is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Gecit. For other potential spellings of Geçit click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Geçit? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 98,766th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,518,555 people. Geçit is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Geçit are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 4,760 people, or 1 in 16,349. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent live, Malatya Province, where 12 percent live and Sirnak Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Turkey this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gecit9348/
Geçi8936/
Gesit801,311/
Giçit8098/
Geçid8067/
Geyçi807/
Geçıt801/
Gezit801/
Gesite731,065/
Gecite73109/
Gesits733/
Geshit732/
Gechit731/
Goseit731/
Geziht731/
Ngheçi731/
Gessit730/
Geiset730/
Geci671,974/
Eşit671,745/
Gezi671,657/
Esit67239/
Ezit67113/
Ecit6769/
Giçi6758/
Seçi6739/
Exit6738/
Gexi6714/
Gečaitė679/
Gesuite674/
Gesitte671/
Geşi671/
Guesite671/
Gecaitė671/
Goeseit671/
Geisset671/
Geicett670/

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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 Geçit
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