Yekrek Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yekrek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yekrek 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
Turkey1391:559,86630,777
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Yekrek Last Name Facts

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

Yekrek is found most in Turkey. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yekrek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yekrek is the 1,497,948th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Yekrek live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Yekrek is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 559,866. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Ankara Province, where 16 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside and Erzurum Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 1 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
Ekrek91233/
Yekrec833/
Ekrik7319/
Eckerk675/
Euchkrik573/
Eckrickh571/
Heakrick570/
Ekyrq551/
Eckerg502/
Eckerc501/

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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 Yekrek
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