Yetken Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yetken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yetken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1381:563,92330,928
Northern Cyprus201:15,9514,166
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

Yetken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yetken is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yetken.

How Common Is The Last Name Yetken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,364,059th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Yetken reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 563,923. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Hatay Province, where 89 percent are found, Adana Province, where 10 percent are found and Gaziantep Province, where 1 percent are found. Besides Turkey this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeken91455/
Etken91147/
Yekeen8317,568/
Yetkin8313,818/
Oetken832,276/
Yekken83902/
Getken835/
Eytken832/
Eitken832/
Yecken830/
Eken8023,059/
Yekn804/
Goetken7736/
Yekkeen774/
Ayteken774/
Yiekeen773/
Uyieken771/
Yeskeen771/
Oetcken771/
Yehkeen771/
Yekin731,459/
Etkin731,000/
Ecken73336/
Jeken73118/
Geken7351/
Ekken7323/
Egken7316/
Etkyn7313/
Ekeen737/
Edken734/
Oytkn731/
Ejken731/
Yecen731/
Goedtken713/
Aitken6736,514/
Geiken671,388/
Yechen67943/
Jeuken67878/
Aytkenova67251/
Yeqeen67110/
Getkin67100/
Yekinn6791/
Ekn6780/
Etkina6779/
Hieken6758/
Yekina6744/
Jekken6736/
Ettkin6728/
Geyken6715/
Etkyna6712/
Yekkin676/
Gieken675/
Jekeng674/
Aytkin674/
Yekink673/
Oetkin672/
Yekyna672/
Jekien672/
Iyoken671/
Jetkin671/
Jekemn671/
Outken671/
Yedkin671/
Yekgin671/
Yekkem671/
Yeşkin671/
Etquen671/
Jekeen671/
Jieken671/
Ehiken671/
Yeckem671/
Eitcen670/

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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 Yetken
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