Zeylek Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Zeylek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 225 | 1:345,873 | 21,884 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
Zeylek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zeylek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zeylek occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zeylek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeylek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,044,719th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Zeylek reside; 81 percent reside in West Asia and 81 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Zeylek is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 345,873. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Tokat Province, where 63 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 31 percent live and Ankara Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Turkey this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 6 percent live.
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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 Zeylek
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