Kaş Surname
Approximately 8,872 people bear this surname
Kaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 8,804 | 1:8,839 | 1,178 |
| Northern Cyprus | 64 | 1:4,985 | 982 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
The alternate forms: Kas (7,898), Kaš (35), Kaś (2) & Káš (118) are calculated separately.
Kaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaş is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kas, Kaš, Kaś or Káš. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kaş.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaş? popularity and diffusion
It is the 57,089th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 821,410 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kaş reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
Kaş is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 8,804 people, or 1 in 8,839. In Turkey Kaş is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live, Antalya Province, where 7 percent live and Mersin Province, where 6 percent live. Besides Turkey Kaş occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kaş
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