Yiğithan Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yiğithan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yiğithan 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
Turkey221:3,537,33793,247
Northern Cyprus181:17,7234,398

Yiğithan (461) may also be a first name.

Yiğithan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yiğithan is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiğithan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yiğithan is the 3,100,440th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Yiğithan are found; 53 percent are found in West Asia and 53 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Yiğithan is also the 397,322nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 461 people.

This last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,537,337. In Turkey Yiğithan is most numerous in: Adana Province, where 50 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 36 percent live and Balikesir Province, where 5 percent live. Besides Turkey it occurs in one country. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 45 percent live.

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
Iitan771/
Yoitan716/
Iythan716/
Ihitan714/
Iitham711/
Ijitan711/
Yietan711/
Jaithan6727/
Gihitan6724/
Yethane672/
Eyietan671/
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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 Yiğithan
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