Okumuş Surname

19,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Okumuş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okumuş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey27,6741:2,812402
Northern Cyprus581:5,5001,146
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Okumus (461) & Okumuś (1) are calculated separately.

Okumuş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okumuş occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Okumus or Okumuś. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okumuş? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 19,757th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 262,718 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Okumuş are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

Okumuş is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 27,674 people, or 1 in 2,812. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent are found, Bursa Province, where 8 percent are found and Kahramanmaras Province, where 6 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Burundi, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okumus94461/
Okumuś941/
Okutmuş9246/
Okumuj831/
Okumush7723/
Okumuse771/
Akumus6716/
Oukoumous671/
Akgumus623/
Akumush621/
Okhomush57123/
Akoumous573/
Okuimoes571/
Ocumos503/

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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 Okumuş
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