Yeşim Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yeşim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeşim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2051:379,61723,421
Northern Cyprus181:17,7234,398
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010

The alternate forms: Yesim (52) are calculated separately.

Yeşim (50,921) may also be a first name.

Yeşim Last Name Facts

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

Yeşim is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Yesim. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeşim? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,088,856th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Yeşim are found; 53 percent are found in West Asia and 53 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 18,230th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 50,921 people.

The surname Yeşim is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 379,617. In Turkey Yeşim is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 46 percent are found, Bursa Province, where 17 percent are found and Sivas Province, where 8 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 8 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yesim9352/
Ayşim8048/
Yecim801/
Yessim7310/
Yeasim733/
Yesima732/
Yeesim731/
Yesimi731/
Yesimo731/
Yaseim731/
Yeisum731/
Iyezim731/
Esim673,336/
Eşme672,794/
Ezim67796/
Ecim67332/
Ećim67312/
Yesiime6716/
Eism6715/
Ečim6715/
Ysim677/
Ycem676/
Ayesimi676/
Yzim675/
Ayesime673/
Oyesiem673/
Yüceyim672/
Ysem672/
Yeizima671/
Eizm671/
Işim671/
Yee Sim671/
Yzem671/
Oyesimi671/
Yessima671/
Yesm671/
Yeasaim671/
Yesimie671/
Yessimi671/
Yeouzim671/

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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 Yeşim
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