Yahyaoğlu Surname

415,025th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yahyaoğlu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yahyaoğlu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey8291:93,8748,333
Northern Cyprus71:45,5737,927
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

The alternate forms: Yahyaoglu (16) are calculated separately.

Yahyaoğlu Last Name Facts

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

Yahyaoğlu is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Yahyaoglu. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yahyaoğlu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 415,025th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 8,685,990 people. The surname Yahyaoğlu occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Yahyaoğlu are found; 77 percent are found in West Asia and 77 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 829 people, or 1 in 93,874. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 26 percent live, Kastamonu Province, where 19 percent live and Trabzon Province, where 7 percent live. Besides Turkey this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yahyaoglu9616/
Ahioğlu7554/
Ahaoglu7523/
Ahuoğlu751/
Yahioglu7115/
Yahuoglu718/
Yahyaqli711/
Yahaya Kolo701/
Yahyakhel672/
Yahya Gul671/
Yahyakhil671/
Ahagoulou671/
Yajjalu631/
Yehoulou593/
Ejaalu531/
Jayjalu501/

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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 Yahyaoğlu
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