Saraç Surname
Approximately 36,562 people bear this surname
Saraç Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from the Turkish word for 'saddler'. It is a surname that comes from a profession, so it is fairly widespread. There are also little villages in Turkey with the same name.
Saraç Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 36,399 | 1:2,138 | 310 |
| Northern Cyprus | 130 | 1:2,454 | 327 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Sarac (2,688), Sarač (588), Sarać (77), Šarac (3,666), Sărac (119) & Šarać (2) are calculated separately.
Saraç (34) may also be a first name.
Saraç Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from the Turkish word for 'saddler'. It is a surname that comes from a profession, so it is fairly widespread. There are also little villages in Turkey with the same name.
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Where Does The Last Name Saraç Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saraç is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Sarac, Sarač, Sarać, Šarac, Sărac or Šarać. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saraç? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,234th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 199,320 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Saraç reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Saraç is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 34 people.
This last name is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 36,399 people, or 1 in 2,138. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Ankara Province, where 8 percent live and Konya Province, where 4 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.
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Footnotes
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