Selçuk Surname
Approximately 32,789 people bear this surname
Selçuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 32,700 | 1:2,380 | 343 |
| Northern Cyprus | 59 | 1:5,407 | 1,112 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Selcuk (712) are calculated separately.
Selçuk (74,875) may also be a first name.
Selçuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selçuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Selçuk is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Selcuk. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selçuk? popularity and diffusion
It is the 16,934th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 222,256 people. The surname Selçuk is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Selçuk reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Selçuk is also the 13,090th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 74,875 people.
Selçuk is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 32,700 people, or 1 in 2,380. In Turkey Selçuk is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 6 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 6 percent reside. Not including Turkey this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selcuk | 94 | 712 | / |
| Selchuk | 77 | 126 | / |
| Shelchuk | 71 | 139 | / |
| Selchouk | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sielczuk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Seltsouk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schelchuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silzuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selcok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sylchuk | 62 | 998 | / |
| Silchuk | 62 | 462 | / |
| Silczuk | 62 | 64 | / |
| Selciuc | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sylczuk | 62 | 1 | / |
| Silcuck | 62 | 0 | / |
| Selcock | 62 | 0 | / |
| Silchuck | 57 | 20 | / |
| Shylchuk | 57 | 10 | / |
| Siltchuk | 57 | 1 | / |
| Schylzuk | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shilchuk | 57 | 1 | / |
| Siltschuk | 53 | 1 | / |
| Celcok | 50 | 176 | / |
| Silcok | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Selçuk
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