Yağız Surname

27,761st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yağız Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yağız Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey19,3661:4,018568
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yağız (2,162) may also be a first name.

Yağız Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yağız has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yağız? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 27,761st most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 376,209 people. The last name Yağız is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Yağız reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 161,297th most frequent given name internationally, held by 2,162 people.

Yağız is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 19,366 people, or 1 in 4,018. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live, Van Province, where 6 percent live and Bursa Province, where 5 percent live. Barring Turkey Yağız occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yağsız9180/
Yağiz8050/
Yağcı809/
Yaz757,776/
Yaaz67299/
Yahz67154/
Yazh6769/
Yazısız6767/
Yarz6726/
Yoaz6723/
Yazz678/
Hyaz676/
Yazt674/
Yasz674/
Yeaz672/
Yazp671/
Jyaz671/
Yadz671/

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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 Yağız
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