Işıklar Surname

157,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,772 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Işıklar Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'a powerful light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in the required direction'.

Işıklar 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
Turkey2,7711:28,0843,161
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Isklar (1) are calculated separately.

Işıklar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'a powerful light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in the required direction'.

- berfinnisildak
DNA test information

Işıklar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Işıklar occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Isklar. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Işıklar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 157,750th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,628,985 people. Işıklar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Işıklar reside; 86 percent reside in West Asia and 86 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Işıklar is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 2,771 people, or 1 in 28,084. In Turkey Işıklar is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent live, Gaziantep Province, where 14 percent live and Izmir Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Turkey this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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
Isklar921/
Işıklılar8841/
Işiklar864/
Isiklar71102/
Iseklaar673/
Esklar621/
Gisclar5722/
Gisclair53856/
Oisclair531/
Escuillar501/

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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
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  • 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 Işıklar
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