Yaşar Surname
Approximately 138,101 people bear this surname
Yaşar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 137,919 | 1:564 | 61 |
| Northern Cyprus | 148 | 1:2,155 | 261 |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1:877,193 | 13,780 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
The alternate forms: Yasar (9,969) are calculated separately.
Yaşar (253,527) may also be a first name.
Yaşar Demographics
Average Male Yaşar Height
175.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yaşar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaşar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaşar occurs most in Turkey. It can also be found as a variant: Yasar. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaşar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yaşar is the 4,070th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 52,770 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Yaşar reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 4,153rd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 253,527 people.
Yaşar is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 137,919 people, or 1 in 564. In Turkey Yaşar is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent live, Gaziantep Province, where 6 percent live and Ankara Province, where 5 percent live. Other than Turkey this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasar | 93 | 9,969 | / |
| Yaşhar | 91 | 14 | / |
| Yazar | 80 | 23,543 | / |
| Iaşar | 80 | 35 | / |
| Yaxar | 80 | 35 | / |
| Yaşarova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yashar | 73 | 3,387 | / |
| Yassar | 73 | 1,069 | / |
| Yasarr | 73 | 732 | / |
| Yasgar | 73 | 93 | / |
| Yasare | 73 | 74 | / |
| Yaasar | 73 | 20 | / |
| Yazzar | 73 | 15 | / |
| Yasatr | 73 | 12 | / |
| Yasair | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yazaar | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yasaar | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yachar | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yazair | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yasarp | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yasear | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yadsar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaazor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yasiar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahzar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahsar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yasahar | 67 | 52 | / |
| Yachare | 67 | 46 | / |
| Yassear | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yassare | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yasharr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yahshar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yashair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yatsare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yazahar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaashar | 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
- 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 Yaşar
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