Kandamar Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Kandamar Surname User-submission:
In 1934, with the surname law, people took surnames for the first time. One family from Argil, a town of Şanlıurfa took the surname Kandamar. Argil, the most developed town of the city, also consisted of families with the highest education level.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 296 | 1:262,910 | 17,940 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kandamar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
In 1934, with the surname law, people took surnames for the first time. One family from Argil, a town of Şanlıurfa took the surname Kandamar. Argil, the most developed town of the city, also consisted of families with the highest education level. The surname Kandamar consists of the combination of the Turkish words kan (blood) and damar (vessel). In Turkish, blood is a sacred word. The reason for giving this family name was to emphasize the importance of this educated family. The children of the Kandamar family were mostly girls, so this surname did not become very common. The Kandamar family has kinship ties with the Göral family, who are also from the same town. People with the surname Kandamar, who currently live in Germany and America, also come from this family.
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Where Does The Last Name Kandamar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kandamar is most common in Turkey. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandamar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kandamar is the 860,770th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Kandamar live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 262,910. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Sanliurfa Province, where 35 percent are found, Gaziantep Province, where 26 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Turkey this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
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