Yaşar Surname

4,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yaşar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaşar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey137,9191:56461
Northern Cyprus1481:2,155261
Azerbaijan111:877,19313,780
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

The alternate forms: Yasar (9,969) are calculated separately.

Yaşar (253,527) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yasar939,969/
Yaşhar9114/
Yazar8023,543/
Iaşar8035/
Yaxar8035/
Yaşarova771/
Yashar733,387/
Yassar731,069/
Yasarr73732/
Yasgar7393/
Yasare7374/
Yaasar7320/
Yazzar7315/
Yasatr7312/
Yasair7311/
Yazaar7311/
Yasaar7311/
Yachar7311/
Yazair735/
Yasarp734/
Yasear733/
Yadsar731/
Yaazor731/
Yasiar731/
Yahzar731/
Yahsar731/
Yasahar6752/
Yachare6746/
Yassear676/
Yassare674/
Yasharr672/
Yahshar672/
Yashair671/
Yatsare671/
Yazahar671/
Yaashar671/

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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 Yaşar
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