Yakşi Surname

212,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,936 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yakşi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yakşi 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
Turkey1,9351:40,2184,151
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Yaksi (40) are calculated separately.

Yakşi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yakşi is most common in Turkey. It may also appear as a variant: Yaksi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakşi? popularity and diffusion

Yakşi is the 212,696th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,764,228 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Yakşi live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Yakşi is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,935 people, or 1 in 40,218. In Turkey Yakşi is most prevalent in: Diyarbakir Province, where 14 percent live, Bursa Province, where 13 percent live and Sanliurfa Province, where 12 percent live. Aside from Turkey this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

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
Yaksi9340/
Yakşe801/
Yakshi7310/
Yaksie736/
Yakzai733/
Yakesi732/
Yaksai732/
Yaksoi731/
Yakzei731/
Yakšić731/
Yakhsi731/
Yakhshi67537/
Yaxi67508/
Yaksich67338/
Yakshis6712/
Yakcich679/
Yacksai671/
Yaksjai671/
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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 Yakşi
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