Gökşen Surname

99,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,781 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gökşen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gökşen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4,7751:16,2981,988
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Göksen (112) & Goksen (84) are calculated separately.

Gökşen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gökşen is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Göksen or Goksen. For other potential spellings of Gökşen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gökşen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 99,086th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,524,272 people. Gökşen is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Gökşen live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 4,775 people, or 1 in 16,298. In Turkey Gökşen is most prevalent in: Kayseri Province, where 11 percent are found, Gaziantep Province, where 10 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Turkey Gökşen exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Göksen94112/
Goksen8984/
Gökşin831,401/
Gökcen8399/
Göksin6723/
Gögsen679/
Göksün676/
Gökcin671/
Gökçenová671/
Ghaksen623/
Goeksen621/
Gaxen5516/
Gexin5510/
Goxen551/
Gögçin5077/
Goksin5010/
Gaksin502/
Gögcin501/
Gagsen500/
Gaxsen500/

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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 Gökşen
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