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 occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Seker or Sekér. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Şeker? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,857th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 100,743 people. The last name is primarily found 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 widely held first name worldwide, held by 5,411 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 72,026 people, or 1 in 1,080. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent live and Sanliurfa Province, where 5 percent live. Besides Turkey it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found 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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