Cognomen Yiğit (Yiğit 
, Yigit , Egîd 
) , globally, is a common surname. The last name Yiğit is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common surname, Austria, where it is quite a rare surname, and Cyprus. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Turkey, Germany, and France. Much less frequently, Yiğit is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Yiğit, Yigit | Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Turkey |
| Egîd | Syria |
| Йигит | Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
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i̇brahim süreyya yiğit Turkish politician, TR (b. 1880) |
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eşref uğur yiğit Turkish admiral, TR (b. 1945) |
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yiğit bener Turkish writer, TR (b. 1958) |
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yiğit bulut journalist, TR (b. 1972) |
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| yiğit köker Turkish politician, TR (b. 1925) |
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nilay yiğit kartaltepe Turkish female basketball player, TR (b. 1979) |
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yiğit yiğiter Turkish entrepreneur, TR |
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yiğit i̇ncedemir Turkish footballer, TR (b. 1985) |
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burak yiğit German Turkish actor, DE (b. 1986) |
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yiğit gökoğlan Turkish footballer, TR (b. 1989) |
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| tamer yiğit Turkish actor, screenwriter and film producer, TR (b. 1942) |
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yiğit caner aydın Turkish paralympic archer (b. 1992) |
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| yiğit okur TR (b. 1934) |
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neslihan yiğit Turkish female badminton player, TR (b. 1994) |
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yiğit ali bayrak Turkish association football player, TR (b. 1996) |
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