Pekyiğit Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Pekyiğit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pekyiğit Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1501:518,80929,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Pekyigit (2) are calculated separately.

Pekyiğit Last Name Facts

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

Pekyiğit is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pekyigit. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekyiğit? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,428,594th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. Pekyiğit occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Pekyiğit live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 518,809. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Sivas Province, where 35 percent are found, Konya Province, where 19 percent are found and Adana Province, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Turkey it exists in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pekyigit962/
Bekyigit7551/
Pakyigit7511/
Büyükyiğit67109/
Böyükyiğit6714/
Büyükyigit561/

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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 Pekyiğit
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