Yelkanat Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yelkanat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yelkanat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1601:486,38427,899
Northern Cyprus411:7,7811,851

Yelkanat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yelkanat is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yelkanat? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,181,191st most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname Yelkanat occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Yelkanat are found; 69 percent are found in West Asia and 69 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 486,384. In Turkey Yelkanat is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 38 percent live, Kayseri Province, where 31 percent live and Kocaeli Province, where 14 percent live. Besides Turkey it occurs in one country. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elkanat9321/
Yeşilkanat89203/
Yesilkanat896/
Elkana865,626/
Elkanna8034/
Elkanaa808/
Elkanga804/
Elkhana804/
Elkanai803/
Elkaina803/
Elckana802/
Ellkana801/
Jelkana801/
Yelkouna7521/
Elhkanna751/
Elcana71329/
Elkano7199/
Elkahanna711/
Elkango67575/
Elkhannout679/
Elqanai672/
Elkeina672/
Elkanou671/
Yelcouna6314/
Ellkaney634/
Elhkango631/
Elqannaa631/
Elcona572/
Gelcano531/

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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 Yelkanat
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