Koçyiğit Surname
Approximately 29,993 people bear this surname
Koçyiğit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 29,918 | 1:2,601 | 373 |
| Northern Cyprus | 63 | 1:5,064 | 1,002 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
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
The last name Koçyiğit is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Koçyigit, Kocyiğit or Kocyigit. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koçyiğit? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koçyiğit is the 18,382nd most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 242,975 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Koçyiğit live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 29,918 people, or 1 in 2,601. In Turkey Koçyiğit is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 8 percent reside and Konya Province, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Turkey this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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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