Kocaoğlan Surname

237,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Kocaoğlan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kocaoğlan 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
Turkey1,6161:48,1574,817
Northern Cyprus751:4,253773

The alternate forms: Kocaoglan (11) are calculated separately.

Kocaoğlan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kocaoğlan occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Kocaoglan. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kocaoğlan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 237,397th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,309,607 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Kocaoğlan are found; 91 percent are found in West Asia and 91 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 1,616 people, or 1 in 48,157. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Gaziantep Province, where 24 percent reside, Aksaray Province, where 14 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Turkey Kocaoğlan is found in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 4 percent reside.

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
Kocaoglan9611/
Kocoglan8233/
Gökoğlan711,349/
Kokoglan713/
Kucukalan678/
Casaolang671/
Coc-Calan671/
Cakoalam5918/

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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 Kocaoğlan
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