Yiğit Surname

3,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152,051 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yiğit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yiğit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey151,6801:51352
Northern Cyprus3181:1,00373
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
England11:55,718,059489,080
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Yiğit (12,173) may also be a first name.

Yiğit Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yiğit occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiğit? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yiğit is the 3,694th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,928 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Yiğit are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 53,620th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 12,173 people.

The surname Yiğit is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 151,680 people, or 1 in 513. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 7 percent reside and Bursa Province, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Turkey Yiğit occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yiit89306/
Yiğid80379/
Yığit801/
Iit7550/
Yihite731/
Ijit6758/
Ihit6733/
Yoit6725/
Jiit6722/
Yiet677/
Hiit674/
Iite673/
Giit673/
Hyit672/
Iiht671/
Yiid671/
Iith671/
Iits671/
Iitt671/
Iiet671/
Iijt671/
Iidt671/

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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 Yiğit
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