Gürtan Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gürtan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gürtan 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
Turkey2261:344,34321,805
Northern Cyprus111:29,0016,098
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gurtan (17) are calculated separately.

Gürtan (97) may also be a first name.

Gürtan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gürtan is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Gurtan. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürtan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,044,719th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name Gürtan occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Gürtan are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Gürtan is also the 962,660th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 97 people.

This surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 344,343. In Turkey Gürtan is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 33 percent live, Ankara Province, where 21 percent live and Samsun Province, where 17 percent live. Beside Turkey this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 5 percent live and Azerbaijan, 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
Gurtan9417/
Gortan83903/
Girtan83186/
Girtain7773/
Gorthan7723/
Gurtgan771/
Gaurtan771/
Girttan770/
Gurthan770/
Gurtasen710/
Gorton6710,523/
Girton672,362/
Gurton67437/
Gurtanova6716/
Gurtam672/
Gorthon6213/
Gaurtam625/
Gurtham622/
Gourton621/
Girtoin621/
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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 Gürtan
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