Yildirim Surname

29,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yildirim Surname User-submission:

This is a very common Turkish surname. It translates as 'lightning', but in Turkish there are two distinct words for lightning: şimşek and yıldırım. Şimşek refers to lightning that arcs across the sky, yıldırım refers to lightning that strikes the ground.

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Yildirim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6,9541:11,5771,482
France2,5171:26,3903,165
Austria1,2591:6,764838
Belgium1,2291:9,3541,333
Netherlands1,1081:15,2412,294
England6891:80,8688,974
Northern Cyprus6491:49210
United States6321:573,51147,017
Denmark5411:10,434983
Switzerland4011:20,4813,291
Sweden3671:26,8302,180
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Thailand2051:344,57759,831
Australia1911:141,33915,185
Finland1491:36,8914,756
Canada1451:254,10824,080
Norway1381:37,2635,279
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Russia801:1,801,538116,326
Romania651:308,89027,566
Turkmenistan561:98,0201,979
United Arab Emirates431:213,07614,246
Iraq421:833,84911,429
Kosovo391:47,7403,839
Spain381:1,230,31741,658
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Kazakhstan321:552,57839,450
Azerbaijan251:385,9658,091
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Libya161:390,2481,390
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Belarus141:678,64756,781
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Ukraine121:3,793,558197,857
Greece111:1,007,25484,692
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Iran81:9,597,816173,045
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Slovenia81:310,95916,987
Bulgaria61:1,163,15137,744
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
China51:273,464,31313,838
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Malta41:107,5681,849
Wales41:773,63329,106
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Albania41:728,51420,844
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Yildirim (527) may also be a first name.

Yildirim Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a very common Turkish surname. It translates as 'lightning', but in Turkish there are two distinct words for lightning: şimşek and yıldırım. Şimşek refers to lightning that arcs across the sky, yıldırım refers to lightning that strikes the ground.

- eey

This surname comes from the word yıldırım, which means 'lightning that strikes the earth' in Turkish.

- denizy

This surname means 'Lightning'.

- yaseminyaziciy

Yildirim Last Name Facts

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

Yildirim (Russian: Йилдирим) is most common in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yildirim click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yildirim? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 29,218th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 396,752 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Yildirim reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 367,549th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 527 people.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 6,954 people, or 1 in 11,577. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent are found and Bavaria, where 11 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname is found in 94 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent are found and Austria, where 7 percent are found.

Yildirim Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Yildirim surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those bearing the Yildirim last name are 1.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.35% being registered with the political party.

The amount Yildirim earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.37% less than the national average, earning 285,962 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 73.57% more than the national average, earning R 412,464 per year; in United States they earn 6.89% more than the national average, earning $46,122 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.09% more than the national average, earning $52,211 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yildirim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yildirim in the Russian language
Йилдиримjildirim-

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