Yiğitbaş Surname

467,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yiğitbaş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yiğitbaş 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
Turkey6831:113,9419,616
Northern Cyprus351:9,1152,267
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Yigitbas (30) are calculated separately.

Yiğitbaş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yiğitbaş occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Yigitbas. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiğitbaş? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yiğitbaş is the 467,776th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 10,135,669 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Yiğitbaş live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Yiğitbaş is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 683 people, or 1 in 113,941. In Turkey Yiğitbaş is most prevalent in: Hatay Province, where 33 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 11 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Turkey this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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
Yiğitbaşi941,788/
Yiğitbaşı941/
Yigitbas9230/
Yiğitpaşa82269/
Yigitbasi7126/
Yigit Baz711/
Iiba67100/

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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 Yiğitbaş
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