Yarış Surname

215,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yarış Surname User-submission:

Means 'race' (as in car race) in Turkish.

Yarış 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
Turkey1,9101:40,7444,191
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Yars (15) are calculated separately.

Yarış Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Means 'race' (as in car race) in Turkish.

- anilyaris
DNA test information

Yarış Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yarış (Arabic: يارس, Hindi: यारिस) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Yars. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarış? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 215,090th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,813,472 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Yarış live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Yarış is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,910 people, or 1 in 40,744. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside, Bursa Province, where 12 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Turkey this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent reside.

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
Yars8915/
Yarışçı8369/
Yaraş802,566/
Yarşi80596/
Yaraşi7331/
Uyarız733/
Ayarcı730/
Yarz6726/
Yarayiş6720/
Yürş673/
Yarx671/
Arıs671/
Yaraşci671/
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Yarış Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yarış in the Hindi language
यारिसyarisa85.71
यारीसyarisa14.29
Yarış in the Arabic language
يارسyars-
ياريسyarys-

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