Çift Surname

305,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Çift Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Çift Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,2331:63,1165,995
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

The alternate forms: Cift (86) are calculated separately.

Çift Last Name Facts

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

The surname Çift is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Cift. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Çift? popularity and diffusion

Çift is the 305,423rd most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,881,797 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Çift are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 1,233 people, or 1 in 63,116. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Trabzon Province, where 19 percent are found and Hatay Province, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Turkey it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cift9286/
Çifte89319/
Çif8619/
Sift75122/
Çeft7539/
Zift7523/
Šift7514/
Çife751/
Sifft67177/
Shift6741/
Zeift678/
Seift676/
Sifet672/
Chift672/
Suift672/
Sifte672/
Cifte671/
Soift671/
Sifht671/
Siwft671/
Sifts670/
Sieft670/

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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 Çift
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