Menteşe Surname
Approximately 6,181 people bear this surname
Menteşe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6,175 | 1:12,603 | 1,617 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mentese (274) are calculated separately.
Menteşe (81) may also be a first name.
Menteşe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menteşe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menteşe is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Mentese. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menteşe? popularity and diffusion
Menteşe is the 78,983rd most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,179,024 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Menteşe are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 81 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 6,175 people, or 1 in 12,603. In Turkey Menteşe is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 9 percent live and Giresun Province, where 7 percent live. Aside from Turkey it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentese | 95 | 274 | / |
| Mentişe | 86 | 38 | / |
| Menteze | 86 | 1 | / |
| Menteshe | 80 | 62 | / |
| Menteche | 80 | 3 | / |
| Menteuse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mentise | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mintece | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mentessi | 67 | 134 | / |
| Mentessa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Menteshi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mentishe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mentesha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mentizi | 57 | 40 | / |
| Mentisi | 57 | 34 | / |
| Mintesa | 57 | 4 | / |
| Mnteshi | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mentisa | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mentizy | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mintice | 57 | 0 | / |
| Mintise | 57 | 0 | / |
| Mentissi | 53 | 6 | / |
| Mintisie | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mintessa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mintisseu | 50 | 10 | / |
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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 Menteşe
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