Yakmaz Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Yakmaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 293 | 1:265,602 | 18,069 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Yakmaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakmaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakmaz is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yakmaz.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakmaz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 876,631st most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Yakmaz live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Yakmaz is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 293 people, or 1 in 265,602. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent are found, Hatay Province, where 10 percent are found and Sakarya Province, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakma | 91 | 48 | / |
| Yakmma | 83 | 560 | / |
| Yakema | 83 | 219 | / |
| Yakmaci | 77 | 41 | / |
| Yakmach | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yokma | 73 | 314 | / |
| Jakma | 73 | 74 | / |
| Yakmo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yaqma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yahkemay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yokmaç | 67 | 165 | / |
| Jaakma | 67 | 32 | / |
| Jakmas | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eakmas | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jakmai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yakmou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jackma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jakkma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yokmat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakemo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jakmaš | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iakmah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokmac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakmmo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakmoh | 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
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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 Yakmaz
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