Yalnız Surname

94,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,026 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yalnız Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yalnız Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5,0211:15,4991,905
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

Yalnız (11) may also be a first name.

Yalnız Last Name Facts

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

Yalnız is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yalnız? popularity and diffusion

It is the 94,741st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,449,969 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Yalnız are found; 81 percent are found in West Asia and 81 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Yalnız is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 11 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 5,021 people, or 1 in 15,499. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 7 percent are found and Gaziantep Province, where 5 percent are found. Beside Turkey this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yalınız922,088/
Yalniz83139/
Yalnyz831/
Yalinj676/
Yalinc672/
Yalnis671/
Jalnaiz62151/
Hyalinj6233/
Yallinj621/
Yalnesh621/
Yalemnesh539/
Jalnäs505/
Jalnis501/
Jalnes500/

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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 Yalnız
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