Çekiç Surname

32,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Çekiç Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Çekiç Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey16,2451:4,790690
Belgium221:522,57550,051
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Cekiç (31), Cekić (4,096), Čekić (1,499), Cekic (1,243), Ćekić (18), Cekič (14) & Čekič (2) are calculated separately.

Çekiç Last Name Facts

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

The last name Çekiç is found most frequently in Turkey. It may be found in the variant forms: Cekiç, Cekić, Čekić, Cekic, Ćekić, Cekič or Čekič. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Çekiç? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 32,669th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 447,610 people. The surname Çekiç is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Çekiç are found; 83 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 16,245 people, or 1 in 4,790. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent are found, Aksaray Province, where 6 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 5 percent are found. Other than Turkey Çekiç is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cekiç9331/
Çekç891/
Cekić874,096/
Čekić871,499/
Cekic871,243/
Ćekić8718/
Cekič8714/
Čekič872/
Çeküç80663/
Çekik80123/
Çekeç8021/
Çekiq802/
Çikiç802/
Zekiç801/
Çekikay674/

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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 Çekiç
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