Çakmak Surname

4,226th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132,893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Çakmak Surname User-submission:

It describes a person with a lighter. Çakmak for it self means 'lighter' and with the lı which stands for 'with'. Çakmaklı is also a small village in Turkey near rhe City Tunceli.

Çakmak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey132,3911:58865
Northern Cyprus4531:70434
Sweden181:547,04239,827
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
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The alternate forms: Cakmak (3,125) & Čakmak (141) are calculated separately.

Çakmak (122) may also be a first name.

Çakmak Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It describes a person with a lighter. Çakmak for it self means 'lighter' and with the lı which stands for 'with'. Çakmaklı is also a small village in Turkey near rhe City Tunceli.

- necati270
DNA test information

Çakmak Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Çakmak Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Çakmak is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Cakmak or Čakmak. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Çakmak? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,226th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,838 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Çakmak live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Çakmak is also the 844,248th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 122 people.

It is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 132,391 people, or 1 in 588. In Turkey Çakmak is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live, Ankara Province, where 6 percent live and Sanliurfa Province, where 5 percent live. Outside of Turkey it exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cakmak943,125/
Čakmak94141/
Çakmakcı863/
Zakmak831/
Chakmak77157/
Tsakmak7740/
Cakmakc774/
Caikmak771/
Tchakmak7116/
Chakmakh711/
Čakmakova6710/
Cakmag671/
Cakmac671/
Csakmag6228/
Chokmak627/
Chakmaq622/
Cakhmakhova594/
Chakhmaq578/
Cookmack573/
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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Çakmak
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