Yıldız Surname
Approximately 622,603 people bear this surname
Yıldız Surname User-submission:
The Yıldız surname means 'star' in Turkish. It is one of the most common surnames in Turkey.
Yıldız Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 622,287 | 1:125 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Northern Cyprus | 5 | 1:63,802 | 8,731 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
Yıldız (111,345) may also be a first name.
Yıldız Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Yıldız surname means 'star' in Turkish. It is one of the most common surnames in Turkey.
- mustafabey487Yıldız means 'star' in Turkish.
- denizyYıldız Demographics
Yıldız Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Yıldız Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yıldız Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yıldız is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yıldız? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 848th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,705 people. The last name Yıldız occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Yıldız live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 9,235th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 111,345 people.
Yıldız is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 622,287 people, or 1 in 125. In Turkey Yıldız is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 6 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 4 percent are found. Beside Turkey it occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Yıldız Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Yıldız surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia.
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