Yeşilay Surname

247,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yeşilay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yeşilay 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
Turkey1,5991:48,6694,854
Northern Cyprus101:31,9016,529

The alternate forms: Yesilay (35) are calculated separately.

Yeşilay Last Name Facts

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

Yeşilay occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Yesilay. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeşilay? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yeşilay is the 247,201st most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,529,239 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Yeşilay live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Yeşilay is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,599 people, or 1 in 48,669. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Ankara Province, where 16 percent reside, Yozgat Province, where 13 percent reside and Sanliurfa Province, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside.

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
Yesilay9535/
Yeşilat8633/
Yeşilhat8014/
Yeşilağaç751,320/
Yeşiler71286/
Yesitla712/
Yesilat711/
Eucilay711/
Yesilia711/
Yeshila711/
Yeyşilağaç711/
Yeshitla675,173/
Esila67176/
Ecila67147/
Esily6755/
Yesilhat672/
Iyeseila671/
Yesilias671/
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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 Yeşilay
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