Yılmaz Surname
Approximately 1,109,455 people bear this surname
Yılmaz Surname User-submission:
This is a Turkish surname, meaning 'indomitable, or unscathed man'. It is derived from the Turkish word yılmaz, meaning 'indomitable', and is also closely linked to some other words, like 'unscathed' or 'undefeatable', etc.,) The letter 'ı' in this surname is quite unusual outside of Turkey, for most languages, and many immigrant families changed it to conform to the country's language orthographic rules.
Read More About This SurnameYılmaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,109,235 | 1:70 | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | 37 | 1:148,354 | 3,025 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Northern Cyprus | 15 | 1:21,267 | 5,310 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Ylmaz (205) are calculated separately.
Yılmaz (150,703) may also be a first name.
Yılmaz Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Turkish surname, meaning 'indomitable, or unscathed man'. It is derived from the Turkish word yılmaz, meaning 'indomitable', and is also closely linked to some other words, like 'unscathed' or 'undefeatable', etc.,) The letter 'ı' in this surname is quite unusual outside of Turkey, for most languages, and many immigrant families changed it to conform to the country's language orthographic rules. Yılmaz is the most common Turkish surname, with over 1.1 million bearers.
- deleted-173293Yılmaz is a common Turkish name meaning 'one who doesn't lose heart', otherwise 'brave'.
- Forebears.ioYılmaz Demographics
Average Male Yılmaz Height
174.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yılmaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yılmaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yılmaz is found most in Turkey. It may also be rendered as a variant: Ylmaz. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yılmaz? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 473rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,569 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Yılmaz reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 6,968th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 150,703 people.
It is the most commonly used surname in one country:Turkey, where 100 percent live. This surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,109,235 people, or 1 in 70. In Turkey Yılmaz is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Ankara Province, where 7 percent live and Izmir Province, where 4 percent live. Outside of Turkey this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Turkmenistan, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Yılmaz Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ylmaz | 97 | 205 | / |
| Ayılmaz | 92 | 233 | / |
| Yıılmaz | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ayyılmaz | 86 | 535 | / |
| Yilmaz | 83 | 30,013 | / |
| Yolmaz | 83 | 40 | / |
| Jylmaz | 83 | 36 | / |
| Yllmaz | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yılmaç | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yillmaz | 77 | 6 | / |
| Yilmatz | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yilmarz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yilmazs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elmaz | 73 | 980 | / |
| Ilmaz | 73 | 494 | / |
| Ylmas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hicylmaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elmaaz | 67 | 154 | / |
| Yilmaç | 67 | 87 | / |
| Yilmas | 67 | 29 | / |
| Jilmaz | 67 | 25 | / |
| Yilmax | 67 | 8 | / |
| Helmaz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yilmac | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yilmoz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uilmaz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Elmazz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jëlmaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yilmazová | 67 | 1 | / |
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