Gündoğan Surname

22,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gündoğan Surname User-submission:

The Gündoğan surname denotes someone that is born with the day, someone that brings light.

Gündoğan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey23,9621:3,248463
Northern Cyprus491:6,5101,433
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Gündogan (223) & Gundogan (470) are calculated separately.

Gündoğan (695) may also be a first name.

Gündoğan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Gündoğan surname denotes someone that is born with the day, someone that brings light.

- alperenag

Gündoğan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gündoğan occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Gündogan or Gundogan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gündoğan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 22,604th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,269 people. The surname Gündoğan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Gündoğan reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Gündoğan is also the 313,557th most common first name in the world, borne by 695 people.

The surname Gündoğan is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 23,962 people, or 1 in 3,248. In Turkey Gündoğan is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Balikesir Province, where 12 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Turkey this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gündogan96223/
Gndoğan931/
Gundogan92470/
Günduğan88179/
Göndoğan8813/
Gündokan881/
Gndoan8629/
Candoğan751,151/
Kandoğan7542/
Gündugan751/
Gündüğün751/
Gwndogan751/
Gondoggan7122/
Guendogan719/
Gündogohn711/
Ganduyogan672/
Gindohon631/
Gindohong5923/
Guindahon591/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gündoğan
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