Balkay Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Balkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 310 | 1:251,037 | 17,378 |
| Pakistan | 54 | 1:3,308,220 | 25,711 |
| Northern Cyprus | 35 | 1:9,115 | 2,267 |
| Hungary | 28 | 1:350,581 | 25,143 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Balkay (60) may also be a first name.
Balkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balkay is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balkay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 657,184th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Balkay live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Balkay is also the 1,270,172nd most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 60 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 251,037. In Turkey Balkay is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 39 percent reside, Kocaeli Province, where 15 percent reside and Duzce Province, where 14 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 12 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Balkay
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