Çelepi Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Çelepi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 291 | 1:267,428 | 18,159 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
The alternate forms: Celepi (8), Ćelepi (2) & Čelepi (1) are calculated separately.
Çelepi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çelepi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Çelepi is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Celepi, Ćelepi or Čelepi. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Çelepi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Çelepi is the 897,852nd most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Çelepi are found; 77 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent are found in East Thrace and Karpass.
This last name is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 267,428. In Turkey Çelepi is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 84 percent are found, Siirt Province, where 8 percent are found and Van Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Turkey it is found in one country. It also occurs in Albania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celepi | 94 | 8 | / |
| Ćelepi | 94 | 2 | / |
| Čelepi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Çelepije | 86 | 2 | / |
| Selepi | 83 | 11 | / |
| Tzelepi | 77 | 794 | / |
| Tselepi | 77 | 666 | / |
| Selepyi | 77 | 138 | / |
| Selepei | 77 | 47 | / |
| Xhelepi | 77 | 22 | / |
| Selepiy | 77 | 5 | / |
| Selepij | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dzelepi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Celepio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shelepi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tselepis | 71 | 1,704 | / |
| Tsielepi | 71 | 76 | / |
| Chelepis | 71 | 45 | / |
| Tchelepi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tšelepis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selepe | 67 | 27,859 | / |
| Selepa | 67 | 232 | / |
| Tsielepis | 67 | 121 | / |
| Šelepa | 67 | 65 | / |
| Salepi | 67 | 58 | / |
| Selapi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Selipi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zelepe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Celipi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celepe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Celepa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silepi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Çelepi
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