Yeşilyurt Surname

17,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yeşilyurt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeşilyurt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey31,4381:2,475358
Northern Cyprus201:15,9514,166
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

The alternate forms: Yesilyurt (850) are calculated separately.

Yeşilyurt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yeşilyurt is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Yesilyurt. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeşilyurt? popularity and diffusion

Yeşilyurt is the 17,601st most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 231,579 people. The surname Yeşilyurt is primarily found in Asia, where 84 percent of Yeşilyurt live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 31,438 people, or 1 in 2,475. In Turkey Yeşilyurt is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent live, Ankara Province, where 8 percent live and Erzurum Province, where 5 percent live. Apart from Turkey Yeşilyurt occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yesilyurt96850/
Yeshilyurt842/
Yesil Yurt841/
Yesillyurt841/
Yeslyurt821/
Yesilyurd7872/
Yesılyurt781/
Jesilyurt781/
Yesilyert781/
Yeshylyurt741/
Yeşilürdü6746/
Yeşilordu6743/
Iesiliurt671/
Uzel Yurt671/

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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 Yeşilyurt
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