Yakşi Surname
Approximately 1,936 people bear this surname
Yakşi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,935 | 1:40,218 | 4,151 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
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 more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Yaksi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakşi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 212,696th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,764,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Yakşi live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 1,935 people, or 1 in 40,218. In Turkey Yakşi is primarily found in: Diyarbakir Province, where 14 percent are found, Bursa Province, where 13 percent are found and Sanliurfa Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Turkey Yakşi exists in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.
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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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