Yiğitçe Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Yiğitçe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yiğitçe 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
Turkey1331:585,12331,713
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

The alternate forms: Yiğitce (10) & Yigitce (2) are calculated separately.

Yiğitçe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yiğitçe occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Yiğitce or Yigitce. Click here for other possible spellings of Yiğitçe.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiğitçe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,544,715th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Yiğitçe occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Yiğitçe are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 585,123. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Adiyaman Province, where 28 percent live, Samsun Province, where 26 percent live and Izmir Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Turkey this surname exists in one country. It is also common 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
Yiğitce9510/
Yigitce902/
Yiğitçi8617/
Yiğitöz7143/
Yiğitsoy67747/
Yiğittaş6729/
Yiğitözü671/
Yigit Es671/

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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 Yiğitçe
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