Çayir Surname
Approximately 19,384 people bear this surname
Çayir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 19,321 | 1:4,028 | 570 |
| Northern Cyprus | 59 | 1:5,407 | 1,112 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Cayir (309) are calculated separately.
Çayir (14) may also be a first name.
Çayir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çayir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Çayir is found most in Turkey. It can also be rendered as: Cayir. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Çayir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,744th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 375,957 people. Çayir occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Çayir reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name worldwide, borne by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 19,321 people, or 1 in 4,028. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 9 percent are found and Kahramanmaras Province, where 7 percent are found. Other than Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Albania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayir | 93 | 309 | / |
| Şayir | 80 | 3,443 | / |
| Sayir | 80 | 117 | / |
| Zayir | 80 | 27 | / |
| Çayır | 80 | 9 | / |
| Xayir | 80 | 5 | / |
| Çayer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Çayirova | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sayire | 73 | 88 | / |
| Shayir | 73 | 11 | / |
| Chayir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zayier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cayier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sayier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sgayir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sayior | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zair | 67 | 16,190 | / |
| Sair | 67 | 4,785 | / |
| Şair | 67 | 462 | / |
| Cair | 67 | 73 | / |
| Chayire | 67 | 40 | / |
| Zayr | 67 | 38 | / |
| Sayr | 67 | 13 | / |
| Xair | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ssayire | 67 | 6 | / |
| S'Gayir | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shayire | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Çayir
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