Gökşan Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gökşan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cyprus | 17 | 1:18,765 | 4,655 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Göksan (722) & Goksan (12) are calculated separately.
Gökşan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gökşan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gökşan is held by more people in Northern Cyprus than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Göksan or Goksan. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gökşan.
How Common Is The Last Name Gökşan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Gökşan reside; 94 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent reside in East Thrace and Karpass.
Gökşan is most commonly occurring in Northern Cyprus, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 18,765. In Northern Cyprus it is most numerous in: Gazimağusa District, where 59 percent reside and Lefkoşa District, where 41 percent reside. Outside of Northern Cyprus this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 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 Gökşan
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