Koçyiğit Surname

18,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,993 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Koçyiğit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koçyiğit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey29,9181:2,601373
Northern Cyprus631:5,0641,002
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Koçyigit (8), Kocyiğit (1) & Kocyigit (750) are calculated separately.

Koçyiğit Last Name Facts

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

Koçyiğit is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Koçyigit, Kocyiğit or Kocyigit. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Koçyiğit? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 18,382nd most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 242,975 people. Koçyiğit occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Koçyiğit are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 29,918 people, or 1 in 2,601. In Turkey Koçyiğit is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 8 percent reside and Konya Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koçyigit968/
Kocyiğit961/
Koçyiğito944/
Kocyigit92750/
Koçiyit8071/
Güçyiğit7527/
Kosyigit7518/
Kocyijit751/
Koceyigit711/
Kocigit6713/
Kocygit674/
Kose Yigit671/
Kocyegit6369/
Kocyigid637/
Kosgit5722/
Kosigidi504/
Kisugite502/
Kasigiti501/

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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 Koçyiğit
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