Taş Surname

3,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160,880 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Taş Surname User-submission:

The surname Taş or Tas means 'stone' in Turkish.

Taş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey160,6211:48547
Northern Cyprus2181:1,463144
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England21:27,859,030389,889
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Tas (16,668) & Taš (23) are calculated separately.

Taş (24) may also be a first name.

Taş Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Taş or Tas means 'stone' in Turkish.

- zangetsu88

Turkish for 'rock'.

- amyfadime

Taş Last Name Facts

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

Taş (Arabic: تاسيه, Bengali: তাস, Hindi: तास, Marathi: तस, Oriya: ତାସ, Tibetan: ཏས་) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Tas or Taš. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taş? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,480th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 45,298 people. The surname Taş is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Taş live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Taş is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 24 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 160,621 people, or 1 in 485. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent are found, Sanliurfa Province, where 6 percent are found and Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Turkey Taş exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tas8916,668/
Taš8923/
Taşt8617/
Tahîş7529/
Taşçı754/
Taj67222,257/
Tax6715,969/
Taz676,545/
Taç672,568/
Tac671,911/
Tač6715/
Tać672/
Toş671/

Taş Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taş in the Tibetan language
ཏས་-
Taş in the Marathi language
तसtasa63.33
तासtasa36.67
Taş in the Bengali language
তাসtasa50
তসtasa50
Taş in the Oriya language
ତାସtasa39.39
ତସtasa24.24
ତସ୍tas18.18
ଟସtasa15.15
ତାସ୍tas3.03
Taş in the Hindi language
तासtasa37.29
तसtasa23.73
तस्नीमtasnima17.8
तस्लीमtaslima16.1
टासtasa2.54
तस्tas0.85
Taş in the Arabic language
تاسيهtasyh-
طاسtas-
تاسtas-

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