Ersoy

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Yiğit soydan gelen kimse

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ersoy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 3.7K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 12K

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)

≈56,000 people, est.

Sources
123 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Yiğit soydan gelen kimse.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ersoy 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.

Where Ersoy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#169≈56,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Ersoy123
AT Austria—≈750 est.≈1 in 12K4——
FR France—≈470 est.≈1 in 145K66Ersoy2
CY Cyprus#160≈340 est.≈1 in 3.7K—Ersoy13
NL Netherlands—2441 in 71K244Ersoy28
CH Switzerland—1401 in 60K140Ersoy12

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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ersoy is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Türkiye, Austria

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written E'Rsoy

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Türkiye, Netherlands

    Also written Érsoy

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Érsoy

  • Bulgarian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

    Also written Ерсой, Ерсои

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Syria, Palestine

    Also written Érsoy

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Mehmet Âkif Ersoy, b. 1873Orhan Ersoy, b. 1928Şükrü Ersoy, b. 1931Metin Ersoy, b. 1934Metin Ersoy, b. 1947Bülent Ersoy, b. 1952Muazzez Ersoy, b. 1958Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, b. 1968Ruhi Ersoy, b. 1972Ertuğrul Ersoy, b. 1997

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 28 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Ersoy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007244#8,508
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024140#8,401
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199166—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198149—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19611—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901——

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България

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 Ersoy mean?
Recorded meaning: Yiğit soydan gelen kimse.
What are other forms of the name Ersoy?
In the etymology graph, Soylu and Soyer are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Ersoy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 56 thousand people named Ersoy in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ersoy.
How common is the name Ersoy?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 244 people named Ersoy in 2007, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.
How common is Ersoy compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Ersoy is the 169th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Ersoy” — the 169th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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