Türkiye Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Türkiye Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'hardworking soldier'; in Turkish 'çalışkan asker'.

Türkiye Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey351:2,223,46973,459
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Turkiye (59) are calculated separately.

Türkiye (2,853) may also be a first name.

Türkiye Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'hardworking soldier'; in Turkish 'çalışkan asker'.

- secretfield
DNA test information

Türkiye Last Name Facts

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

Türkiye occurs most in Turkey. It can appear in the variant forms: Turkiye. Click here for other potential spellings of Türkiye.

How Common Is The Last Name Türkiye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Türkiye is the 3,055,934th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Türkiye reside; 51 percent reside in West Asia and 51 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Türkiye is also the 136,310th most numerous first name globally, held by 2,853 people.

The last name Türkiye is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 2,223,469. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 54 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 20 percent reside and Bursa Province, where 6 percent reside. Not including Turkey this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turkiye9559/
Turkiyeh801/
Türkay776,832/
Türkey7720/
Türkei773/
Turkiya71208/
Tirkiya7150/
Turkhiya67483/
Türkkaya67338/
Turkiyah6746/

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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
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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 Türkiye
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