Yeksek Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yeksek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeksek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2151:361,96022,610
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England41:13,929,515290,718

Yeksek Last Name Facts

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

Yeksek is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeksek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,092,155th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Yeksek occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Yeksek reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 361,960. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Osmaniye Province, where 65 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 13 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eksek9115/
Eksik731,758/
Ecsek7345/
Ekzek735/
Gecsek6758/
Yeksic671/
Goekcek621/
Heacsek620/
Ekcik5513/
Eksic5510/
Ecseg558/
Egseg551/
Yegzekova531/
Gecseg50125/
Ujcsek5013/

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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 Yeksek
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