Gümüş Surname

5,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111,154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gümüş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gümüş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey110,9611:70186
Northern Cyprus1711:1,866209
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

The alternate forms: Gümüs (1,228), Gümus (5), Gumuş (2), Gumüs (1) & Gumus (1,401) are calculated separately.

Gümüş (1,641) may also be a first name.

Gümüş Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gümüş is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gümüs, Gümus, Gumuş, Gumüs or Gumus. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gümüş? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,088th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 65,563 people. The last name Gümüş is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Gümüş live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 190,298th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 1,641 people.

The last name Gümüş is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 110,961 people, or 1 in 701. In Turkey Gümüş is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 7 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Turkey it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gümüs931,228/
Gümus875/
Gumuş872/
Gumüs871/
Gümüşay832,873/
Gümüşsu831,136/
Gumus801,401/
Gömüş8034/
Gümüç801/
Gümüşsoy774,407/
Gümüşyay77181/
Gümüşova7766/
Gümüss731/
Gümüşsuyu71235/
Gümüsay6723/
Gümüssu674/
Gömüşci672/
Kmüş671/
Gümüsch671/
Gümüsová621/

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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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  • 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 Gümüş
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