Yertek Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Yertek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yertek 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
Turkey901:864,68241,266
Switzerland121:684,41046,196

Yertek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yertek is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yertek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,828,462nd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Yertek occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Yertek live; 55 percent live in West Asia and 55 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Yertek is most numerous in Turkey, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 864,682. In Turkey Yertek is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 91 percent live and Bingol Province, where 9 percent live. Excluding Turkey it is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 12 percent live.

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
Ertek914,338/
Eertek831/
Ertik731,321/
Ertec732/
Ertyk731/
Yırtık67176/
Gertik6785/
Jertec6767/
Ejreteg622/
Hairtek621/
Earthick570/
Heartick570/
Gertig50607/
Oertig50405/
Airtex504/
Jertic501/
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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 Yertek
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