Yıldız Surname

848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 622,603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey622,2871:1256
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
England61:9,286,343223,652
Northern Cyprus51:63,8028,731
France31:22,140,907385,998
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

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.

- mustafabey487

Yıldız means 'star' in Turkish.

- denizy

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ayıldız9248/
Yılıdız9210/
Yıldz915/
Ağyıldız86136/
Yildız832/
Yıldiz831/
Yıldıs830/
Yldiz7321/
Yldyz7314/
Ildız731/
Yildiz6719,169/
Yoldez6719/
Yildez6716/
Uyldyz674/
Yoldyz674/
Yldeez671/
Ayldiz671/
Ylldiz671/
Ysldiz671/

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