Şimşek Surname
Approximately 231,489 people bear this surname
Şimşek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 231,173 | 1:337 | 22 |
| Northern Cyprus | 271 | 1:1,177 | 92 |
| Kosovo | 11 | 1:169,261 | 6,833 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Şimsek (1), Simsek (5,531) & Šimšek (2) are calculated separately.
Şimşek (381) may also be a first name.
Şimşek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Şimşek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Şimşek occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Şimsek, Simsek or Šimšek. For other possible spellings of Şimşek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Şimşek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,373rd most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 31,481 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Şimşek live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 444,187th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 381 people.
The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 231,173 people, or 1 in 337. In Turkey Şimşek is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 8 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Kosovo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Şimşek
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