Yeniçeri Surname

115,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,994 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yeniçeri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeniçeri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3,9311:19,7972,352
Northern Cyprus571:5,5971,167
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Yeniceri (93) & Yeničeri (1) are calculated separately.

Yeniçeri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yeniçeri is found most in Turkey. It may also be found as: Yeniceri or Yeničeri. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeniçeri? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 115,574th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,824,623 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Yeniçeri live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 3,931 people, or 1 in 19,797. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent are found, Hatay Province, where 12 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 12 percent are found. Other than Turkey Yeniçeri exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeniceri9693/
Yeničeri961/
Geniçeri8817/
Jeniçeri8810/
Jeniçerri823/
Yenitcheri781/
Enicerio751/
Jeniceri751/
Yeniceare711/
Jenisheri711/
Enisere6750/
Jenishehri676/
Enesiri671/
Enecerio6370/
Eneserio6352/
Ennesyri631/
Enneseri631/
Ennissery591/
Enisire533/
Enesere531/
Ennesyry504/

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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 Yeniçeri
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