Kılıç Surname

1,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401,077 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kılıç Surname User-submission:

The right way to write it is 'Kılıç'. It means 'sword' in Turkish.

Kılıç Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey401,0261:19413
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
England51:11,143,612252,590
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Northern Cyprus31:106,3378,831
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852

The alternate forms: Klč (201), Klc (17), Klć (2), Kĺč (12) & Kľč (2) are calculated separately.

Kılıç (466) may also be a first name.

Kılıç Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The right way to write it is 'Kılıç'. It means 'sword' in Turkish.

- denizy

This surname means 'Sword'.

- yaseminyaziciy

Kılıç Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kılıç (Arabic: كيليج) is found most in Turkey. It may be rendered as: Klč, Klc, Klć, Kĺč or Kľč. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kılıç? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kılıç is the 1,350th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 18,170 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Kılıç reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Kılıç is also the 394,651st most numerous first name globally It is held by 466 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 401,026 people, or 1 in 194. In Turkey Kılıç is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 8 percent are found and Sanliurfa Province, where 6 percent are found. Beside Turkey this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Kılıç Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klč83201/
Klc8317/
Klć832/
Kılıc8011/
Kĺč7512/
Kľč752/
Kıylık73172/
Kıldız7313/
Kılıçkaya714,218/
Kliç673/

Kılıç Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kılıç in the Arabic language
كيليجkylyj-
كيليكkylyk-

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