Gürlü Surname

456,246th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gürlü Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gürlü Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey7341:106,0249,116
Northern Cyprus71:45,5737,927
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Gurlu (24) are calculated separately.

Gürlü Last Name Facts

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

Gürlü is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Gurlu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürlü? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 456,246th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,821,490 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Gürlü reside; 94 percent reside in West Asia and 94 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 734 people, or 1 in 106,024. In Turkey Gürlü is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live, Antalya Province, where 15 percent live and Eskisehir Province, where 13 percent live. Barring Turkey Gürlü exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gürzlü9137/
Gurlu8724/
Gorlu60761/
Girlu6013/
Gurlui55140/
Gurlie5535/
Gorllu5516/
Gurlou558/
Gurlup555/
Gurlue553/
Gorrlu551/
Gourlie50655/
Gourloo5018/
Gaurlie5012/
Gurellu507/
Gorellu507/
Gourlou506/
Gorlluh502/
Gurlhie501/
Gourlui501/
Gurrlie501/
Gurluch500/
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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 Gürlü
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