Ortlek Surname

501,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 656 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Ortlek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortlek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6551:118,8119,943
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Örtlek (4) are calculated separately.

Ortlek Last Name Facts

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

Ortlek is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Örtlek. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortlek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 501,369th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,109,064 people. The surname Ortlek occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ortlek live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 655 people, or 1 in 118,811. In Turkey Ortlek is most numerous in: Osmaniye Province, where 56 percent are found, Adana Province, where 19 percent are found and Adiyaman Province, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Örtlek944/
Orteelek8610/
Ortlik8332/
Ortlík831/
Hortlik7713/
Hortlík779/
Hortlyk775/
Hartlek771/
Ortlíková671/
Urtlik671/
Hortlíková638/
Hertlik62101/
Hartlik6251/
Hartlex621/
Ertlick620/
Artlycke571/
Hartlick570/
Hartleigh5310/
Garthlick530/

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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 Ortlek
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