Last name Firat (فرات , Firat , Fırat ) , across the world, is a common surname. The surname Firat is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Turkey, where it is quite a common surname, Iraq, where it is quite a rare surname, and Syria. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Iraq, and Germany. More prevalently, Firat is the forename as well as the last name.