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 surname Gündoğan occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Gündogan or Gundogan. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gündoğan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 22,604th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 303,269 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Gündoğan are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 313,557th most widespread given name on earth. It is borne by 695 people.

Gündoğan is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 23,962 people, or 1 in 3,248. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Balikesir Province, where 12 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside. Beside Turkey this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs 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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