Kocalar Surname

237,488th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kocalar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kocalar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,6831:46,2404,664
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kocalar Last Name Facts

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

Kocalar occurs most in Turkey. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kocalar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 237,488th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,312,157 people. The last name Kocalar is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Kocalar are found; 92 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

Kocalar is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,683 people, or 1 in 46,240. In Turkey Kocalar is most common in: Gaziantep Province, where 24 percent live, Denizli Province, where 14 percent live and Konya Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Azerbaijan, where 0 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 Kocalar
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