Yiğitler Surname

480,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yiğitler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yiğitler 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
Turkey6841:113,7749,606
Northern Cyprus101:31,9016,529

The alternate forms: Yigitler (14) are calculated separately.

Yiğitler Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yiğitler occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Yigitler. For other possible spellings of Yiğitler click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiğitler? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 480,521st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,500,787 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Yiğitler reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

Yiğitler is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 684 people, or 1 in 113,774. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Izmir Province, where 26 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 13 percent live and Erzurum Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Turkey it occurs in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 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
Yigitler9614/

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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 Yiğitler
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