Çiftçi Surname

3,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143,207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Çiftçi Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'farmer'.

Çiftçi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey143,0471:54457
Northern Cyprus1221:2,615356
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Kosovo31:620,62310,771
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Ciftçi (16), Çiftci (15) & Ciftci (2,846) are calculated separately.

Çiftçi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'farmer'.

- suleymanc

Çiftçi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Çiftçi is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Ciftçi, Çiftci or Ciftci. Click here for further possible spellings of Çiftçi.

How Common Is The Last Name Çiftçi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Çiftçi is the 3,921st most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 50,888 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Çiftçi live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 143,047 people, or 1 in 544. In Turkey Çiftçi is most frequent in: Sanliurfa Province, where 16 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 13 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 5 percent reside. Beside Turkey this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ciftçi9416/
Çiftci9415/
Çifftçi921/
Çifçi9127,068/
Ciftci892,846/
Ziftçi831/
Çifteci77228/
Çivitçi77140/
Çifci739/
Ziftci67166/
Ziftis6734/
Çiftaş6716/
Ciftzi671/

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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 Çiftçi
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