Yurtçu Surname

171,359th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yurtçu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yurtçu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2,5101:31,0053,380
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

The alternate forms: Yurtcu (16) are calculated separately.

Yurtçu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yurtçu is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Yurtcu. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yurtçu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 171,359th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,899,939 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Yurtçu are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 90 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 2,510 people, or 1 in 31,005. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Adana Province, where 15 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 14 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Turkey it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yurtcu9416/
Yoğurtçu864,071/
Yurtsu8336/
Yurtsuz77473/
Yurtchu771/
Yurcu73189/
Yurdcu67124/
Uyurcu672/
Yurdsuz6211/
Iurcu551,657/
Giourtsou531/
Jurcuț50155/
Jurcau5087/
Iurcuț501/

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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
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  • 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 Yurtçu
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