Atakay Surname
Approximately 899 people bear this surname
Atakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 864 | 1:90,071 | 8,062 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Atakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Atakay (Russian: Атакай) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Atakay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 393,206th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 8,106,280 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Atakay live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 864 people, or 1 in 90,071. In Turkey Atakay is mostly found in: Adana Province, where 36 percent are found, Diyarbakir Province, where 16 percent are found and Sanliurfa Province, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atakay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atakay in the Russian language | ||
| Атакай | atakaj | - |
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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 Atakay
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