Ecer
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ecer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Yeni, güzel, iyi.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- AFAfghanistan≈1 in 139K
- CYCyprus≈1 in 156K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 44 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Yeni, güzel, iyi.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ecer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Ecer | 44 |
| AF Afghanistan | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 139K | — | Ecer | 2 |
| DE Germany | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 518K | — | Ecer | 37 |
| SE Sweden | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 238K | — | Ecer | 8 |
| CH Switzerland | 30 | 1 in 280K | 30 | Ecer | 4 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Ecer | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ecer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, retail: of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Kurdish, new, fresh
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ferit Ecerb. 1897TRTurkish statesperson (1897–1974)
- Merlyn Ecerb. 1955TRTurkish film director (born 1955)
- Sedef Ecerb. 1965TRTurkish-French novelist (born 1965)
- Genco Ecerb. 1985TRTurkish Cypriot singer
- Gökhan EcerTRTurkish researcher
- Fatih EcerTRTurkish researcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 30 | #27,377 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ecer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Yeni, güzel, iyi.
- In which country does Ecer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.6 thousand people named Ecer in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ecer.
- How common is the name Ecer?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 30 people named Ecer in 2024, about 1 in 280 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ecerThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ecer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.