Şişman Surname

29,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Şişman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Şişman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey18,3831:4,233604
Northern Cyprus451:7,0891,629
Romania401:501,94738,412
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

The alternate forms: Sisman (1,039) & Šišman (230) are calculated separately.

Şişman Last Name Facts

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

Şişman is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Sisman or Šišman. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Şişman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 29,048th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 394,390 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Şişman live; 82 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 18,383 people, or 1 in 4,233. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 30 percent are found, Kahramanmaras Province, where 6 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 6 percent are found. Other than Turkey Şişman occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Romania, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sisman891,039/
Šišman89230/
Cişman834/
Cisman672,598/
Zisman67995/
Cicman67142/
Sicman6757/
Cizman6747/
Zizman6747/
Çizman6712/
Şecman676/
Sizman672/

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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 Şişman
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