Köktaş Surname
Approximately 2,894 people bear this surname
Köktaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,873 | 1:27,087 | 3,059 |
| Northern Cyprus | 18 | 1:17,723 | 4,398 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Köktas (54), Koktas (26) & Koktaś (1) are calculated separately.
Köktaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Köktaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Köktaş has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Köktas, Koktas or Koktaś. Click here for further possible spellings of Köktaş.
How Common Is The Last Name Köktaş? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 152,127th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,518,157 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Köktaş live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 2,873 people, or 1 in 27,087. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 11 percent reside and Samsun Province, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Turkey Köktaş exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside and Germany, 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 Köktaş
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