Kurtaş Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Kurtaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 239 | 1:325,613 | 20,914 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
The alternate forms: Kurtas (306), Kurtaś (6), Kurtaš (2), Kürtaş (1) & Kurtáš (1) are calculated separately.
Kurtaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurtaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kurtaş occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kurtas, Kurtaś, Kurtaš, Kürtaş or Kurtáš. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurtaş? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kurtaş is the 1,044,719th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Kurtaş are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 90 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 325,613. In Turkey Kurtaş is mostly concentrated in: Bursa Province, where 36 percent live, Adana Province, where 20 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live. Besides Turkey Kurtaş exists in one country. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, 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 Kurtaş
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