Yelgen Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Yelgen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 189 | 1:411,754 | 24,802 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
Yelgen Demographics
Yelgen Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Yelgen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelgen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelgen occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Yelgen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelgen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yelgen is the 1,214,709th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Yelgen reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 94 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 411,754. In Turkey Yelgen is primarily concentrated in: Denizli Province, where 37 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 22 percent are found and Aydin Province, where 20 percent are found. Other than Turkey it exists in one country. It is also found in Lebanon, where 2 percent are found.
Yelgen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Yelgen surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
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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 Yelgen
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