Yeşil Surname

12,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yeşil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeşil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey46,5421:1,672250
Northern Cyprus611:5,2301,063
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Brunei11:418,7313,893
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Yesil (1,090) are calculated separately.

Yeşil (672) may also be a first name.

Yeşil Last Name Facts

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

Yeşil is most common in Turkey. It can occur as: Yesil. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeşil? popularity and diffusion

Yeşil is the 12,048th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 156,335 people. The last name Yeşil is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Yeşil are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 89 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 320,017th most commonly used first name globally, held by 672 people.

The surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 46,542 people, or 1 in 1,672. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 6 percent reside and Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yesil931,090/
Yeşilo9113/
Yeşilay831,609/
Yeşilli83785/
Yişil80207/
Yezil8010/
Yaşil801/
Yüceil7381/
Yüzeil7375/
Yesilo739/
Yeziel733/
Yuceil733/
Yezile731/
Yesilu731/
Yesili731/
Yesill731/
Yeisel731/
Yazeil731/
Oyesile671,150/
Esil67574/
Eşli67433/
Eşol67378/
Ycel67370/
Ecil67234/
Yzel67159/
Eşal67107/
Ysel6766/
Yesilay6735/
Ezil6716/
Yasaeil6712/
Yesilli6712/
Yesaeil6711/
Ayesile677/
Işil676/
Yessili675/
Oyesili673/
Yezl672/
Yazeyil672/
Yeisely672/
Oyesilo672/
Asyeila671/
Yesl671/
Yesilia671/
Yueceil671/
Ysil671/
Yaceily671/
Yessile670/

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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 Yeşil
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