Yavaş Surname
Approximately 36,350 people bear this surname
Yavaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 36,221 | 1:2,149 | 312 |
| Northern Cyprus | 115 | 1:2,774 | 395 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Yavas (618) are calculated separately.
Yavaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yavaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yavaş is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Yavas. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yavaş? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yavaş is the 15,328th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 200,483 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Yavaş reside; 83 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name Yavaş is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 36,221 people, or 1 in 2,149. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 10 percent reside and Bursa Province, where 7 percent reside. Barring Turkey it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yavas | 93 | 618 | / |
| Yavaşi | 91 | 204 | / |
| Avaş | 89 | 14 | / |
| Yavaşci | 83 | 564 | / |
| Yabaş | 80 | 2,107 | / |
| Yavaz | 80 | 28 | / |
| Yavaç | 80 | 14 | / |
| Yavsa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yavisa | 73 | 106 | / |
| Yavash | 73 | 94 | / |
| Yavase | 73 | 27 | / |
| Yavasa | 73 | 13 | / |
| Yaviza | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yavaci | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yavosa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ayavaz | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yavasi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yavaso | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yaveac | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yavesa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yavazi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yavasy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayavas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Avaz | 67 | 3,625 | / |
| Avas | 67 | 934 | / |
| Yavuzay | 67 | 294 | / |
| Yvas | 67 | 149 | / |
| Uyavasi | 67 | 40 | / |
| Yaavzua | 67 | 16 | / |
| Uyavisa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Avsa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yavisya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Yashvas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Avza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yavhisa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yavatch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Avaš | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yavasih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yavisai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yavasiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ivaş | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yvaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yavs | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yavaş
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