Tektaş Surname
Approximately 8,304 people bear this surname
Tektaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 8,300 | 1:9,376 | 1,239 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Tektas (226) are calculated separately.
Tektaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tektaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tektaş is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Tektas. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tektaş? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,643rd most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 877,595 people. The surname Tektaş is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Tektaş reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Tektaş is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 8,300 people, or 1 in 9,376. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent reside, Diyarbakir Province, where 16 percent reside and Sanliurfa Province, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tektas | 94 | 226 | / |
| Toktaş | 83 | 8,702 | / |
| Tiktaş | 83 | 1,298 | / |
| Tekdaş | 83 | 999 | / |
| Dektaş | 83 | 318 | / |
| Taktaş | 83 | 113 | / |
| Tüktaş | 83 | 41 | / |
| Tekatas | 77 | 64 | / |
| Tekitsa | 77 | 36 | / |
| Takataş | 77 | 18 | / |
| Teketsa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tokataş | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teiktsa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teketsia | 71 | 16 | / |
| Tekeutsa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tekoutsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tekatsia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Diktaş | 67 | 2,082 | / |
| Tokdaş | 67 | 420 | / |
| Doktaş | 67 | 232 | / |
| Toktas | 67 | 149 | / |
| Tekdöş | 67 | 76 | / |
| Tekdiş | 67 | 47 | / |
| Tikdaş | 67 | 39 | / |
| Dektas | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tiktas | 67 | 19 | / |
| Taktsa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tegtsa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tekatz | 67 | 11 | / |
| Teketesai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tekdas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tekyts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekdaş | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teqtas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tektos | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tektaş
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