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
The surname Zeylek occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeylek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,044,719th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Zeylek live; 81 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 345,873. In Turkey Zeylek is most frequent in: Tokat Province, where 63 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 31 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Turkey it exists in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 6 percent are found.
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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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