Yamanoğlu Surname

242,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,642 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yamanoğlu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamanoğlu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,6401:47,4524,760
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

The alternate forms: Yamanoglu (101) are calculated separately.

Yamanoğlu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yamanoğlu is most common in Turkey. It may also occur as a variant: Yamanoglu. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yamanoğlu.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamanoğlu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yamanoğlu is the 242,956th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,438,213 people. Yamanoğlu is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Yamanoğlu live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,640 people, or 1 in 47,452. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Samsun Province, where 28 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 22 percent live and Elazig Province, where 8 percent live. Not including Turkey it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.

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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 Yamanoğlu
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