Kurtuluş Surname

25,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kurtuluş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurtuluş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey21,4171:3,634510
Northern Cyprus791:4,038722
Kosovo221:84,6305,088
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Kurtulus (569) & Kurtuluš (1) are calculated separately.

Kurtuluş (6,890) may also be a first name.

Kurtuluş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurtuluş is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Kurtulus or Kurtuluš. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kurtuluş.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurtuluş? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 25,065th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 338,468 people. The last name Kurtuluş occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Kurtuluş are found; 73 percent are found in West Asia and 73 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Kurtuluş is also the 78,411th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 6,890 people.

It is most numerous in Turkey, where it is carried by 21,417 people, or 1 in 3,634. In Turkey Kurtuluş is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 33 percent are found, Bursa Province, where 15 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Turkey Kurtuluş exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Kosovo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurtulus96569/
Kurtuluš961/
Kurtulush8279/
Kurtulius821/
Kurtullush781/
Curtulus751/
Kurtilus751/
Kurt Ulas711/
Kourtoulos674/
Kurratulas671/
Kurtlis671/
Kratuls671/
Courtoulos561/
Cortolus501/

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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
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  • 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 Kurtuluş
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