Sarkuş Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Sarkuş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 151 | 1:515,374 | 29,068 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Sarkus (55) & Šarkus (45) are calculated separately.
Sarkuş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarkuş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sarkuş is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Sarkus or Šarkus. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarkuş? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sarkuş is the 1,422,956th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sarkuş live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 515,374. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Aydin Province, where 38 percent live, Kahramanmaras Province, where 38 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Turkey Sarkuş is found in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarkus | 94 | 55 | / |
| Sarku | 91 | 74 | / |
| Šarkus | 89 | 45 | / |
| Sharku | 83 | 525 | / |
| Sarkou | 83 | 32 | / |
| Saarku | 83 | 11 | / |
| Sarkhu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sarkui | 83 | 5 | / |
| Sarkau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sarkeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Searku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sarkouh | 77 | 465 | / |
| Sharkus | 77 | 150 | / |
| Siarkou | 77 | 142 | / |
| Sarkhui | 77 | 26 | / |
| Sarkhou | 77 | 18 | / |
| Sharkuh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sharkuu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sharkui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Saharku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Szarkus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Çarku | 73 | 361 | / |
| Sorku | 73 | 74 | / |
| Sarcu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Šarku | 73 | 4 | / |
| Sarkhush | 71 | 139 | / |
| Sharkhuu | 71 | 131 | / |
| Sarkhouh | 71 | 54 | / |
| Scharkus | 71 | 21 | / |
| Siargkou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sarckouh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharkaus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sarkause | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sairkhuu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zsarkó | 67 | 204 | / |
| Sorkut | 67 | 156 | / |
| Sarkoz | 67 | 112 | / |
| Sarkos | 67 | 102 | / |
| Serkus | 67 | 93 | / |
| Sarcou | 67 | 75 | / |
| Sorkou | 67 | 70 | / |
| Zorkuş | 67 | 43 | / |
| Sorkuc | 67 | 38 | / |
| Carkus | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sorkau | 67 | 18 | / |
| Sarcus | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sarkhoush | 67 | 17 | / |
| Zarkus | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sarcau | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sarkusova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sorkup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sarkoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schaerkus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sorkuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sorkus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Sarkuş
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