Özkara Surname
Approximately 12,976 people bear this surname
Özkara Surname User-submission:
The Özkara surname derives from the words öz, which means 'pure' or 'genuine', and kara, which means 'black' in Turkish.The combined meaning is 'pure black' for this surname. It is common in central Anatolia.
Özkara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 12,819 | 1:6,071 | 859 |
| Germany | 81 | 1:993,895 | 68,573 |
| Northern Cyprus | 46 | 1:6,935 | 1,574 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Ozkara (202) are calculated separately.
Özkara Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Özkara surname derives from the words öz, which means 'pure' or 'genuine', and kara, which means 'black' in Turkish.The combined meaning is 'pure black' for this surname. It is common in central Anatolia.
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Where Does The Last Name Özkara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Özkara is most common in Turkey. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ozkara. Click here to see other potential spellings of Özkara.
How Common Is The Last Name Özkara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Özkara is the 40,400th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 561,617 people. Özkara occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Özkara reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 12,819 people, or 1 in 6,071. In Turkey Özkara is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent live, Afyonkarahisar Province, where 7 percent live and Izmir Province, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozkara | 94 | 202 | / |
| Özkaraş | 92 | 14 | / |
| Özkağra | 92 | 5 | / |
| Azkara | 83 | 163 | / |
| Ezkara | 83 | 5 | / |
| Özkaraova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Azkarah | 77 | 77 | / |
| Azkarai | 77 | 23 | / |
| Özkoray | 77 | 13 | / |
| Özkarip | 77 | 6 | / |
| Azkaray | 77 | 5 | / |
| Azkayra | 77 | 1 | / |
| Azkarra | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ezkarai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oezkara | 77 | 1 | / |
| Özkaraağaç | 75 | 73 | / |
| Eşkara | 67 | 580 | / |
| Aşkara | 67 | 462 | / |
| Askara | 67 | 239 | / |
| Eskara | 67 | 94 | / |
| Azkari | 67 | 52 | / |
| Ačkara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ezkary | 67 | 1 | / |
| Özcora | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oskara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ozqara | 67 | 1 | / |
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