Kurtiş Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kurtiş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurtiş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3751:207,52415,093
Kosovo81:232,7347,787
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

The alternate forms: Kurtis (848) & Kurtiš (247) are calculated separately.

Kurtiş (42) may also be a first name.

Kurtiş Last Name Facts

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

Kurtiş is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kurtis or Kurtiš. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurtiş? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 749,861st most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Kurtiş live; 61 percent live in West Asia and 61 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,566,439th most common given name in the world It is held by 42 people.

This surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 207,524. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 35 percent are found, Canakkale Province, where 18 percent are found and Bursa Province, where 9 percent are found. Beside Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurtis94848/
Kurtiš94247/
Kurtic83299/
Kurtiz8327/
Kurtiç8324/
Kurtič839/
Kourtis773,419/
Kurtich77179/
Kurtoić77139/
Kurtiss77106/
Kurtish77106/
Kurtgis7743/
Kurtisz7713/
Kurtais779/
Kurtišs772/
Kurtoic772/
Keurtis771/
Kurtiše771/
Kurtisch712/
Keurtice711/
Kourtios711/
Kurteich711/
Kurthuis711/
Curtis67203,547/
Kurteš67524/
Kortis67269/
Kortiš67229/
Kurtys67211/
Kourtiche67105/
Kurtes6793/
Curtiz6790/
Kurtez6768/
Kurtišova6722/
Kurtej6713/
Curtic677/
Kurtisova675/
Kurtyś672/
Kortiz672/
Kurteitch672/
Kurtisová671/
Kurtyj671/

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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 Kurtiş
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