Yiğitcan Surname
Approximately 652 people bear this surname
Yiğitcan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 623 | 1:124,914 | 10,320 |
| Northern Cyprus | 29 | 1:11,000 | 2,841 |
The alternate forms: Yigitcan (10) are calculated separately.
Yiğitcan (998) may also be a first name.
Yiğitcan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yiğitcan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yiğitcan is found most in Turkey. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Yigitcan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yiğitcan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 503,825th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. The last name Yiğitcan is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Yiğitcan reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Yiğitcan is also the 254,712th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 998 people.
It is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 124,914. In Turkey Yiğitcan is most common in: Malatya Province, where 42 percent live, Kirikkale Province, where 9 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 7 percent live. Excluding Turkey this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yigitcan | 96 | 10 | / |
| Yigit Can | 82 | 1 | / |
| Yiğitdoğan | 78 | 184 | / |
| Iican | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yigitkan | 75 | 188 | / |
| Yigit Aycan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Yiğittekin | 67 | 1,075 | / |
| Yiğit Güney | 63 | 1 | / |
| Yigittekin | 56 | 3 | / |
| Igitkhaian | 56 | 1 | / |
| Yigit Koyun | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ogidigan | 50 | 22 | / |
| Yagitkin | 50 | 1 | / |
| Agitgani | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Yiğitcan
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