Şeker Surname
Approximately 72,338 people bear this surname
Şeker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 72,026 | 1:1,080 | 151 |
| Northern Cyprus | 295 | 1:1,081 | 82 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Seker (3,038) & Sekér (3) are calculated separately.
Şeker (5,411) may also be a first name.
Şeker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Şeker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Şeker is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Seker or Sekér. Click here for other potential spellings of Şeker.
How Common Is The Last Name Şeker? popularity and diffusion
The last name Şeker is the 7,857th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 100,743 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Şeker live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 91,486th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 5,411 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 72,026 people, or 1 in 1,080. In Turkey Şeker is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent live and Sanliurfa Province, where 5 percent live. Not including Turkey Şeker occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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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 Şeker
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