Colayir Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Colayir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colayir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1931:403,22024,452
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

Colayir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colayir Come From? nationality or country of origin

Colayir is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Colayir.

How Common Is The Last Name Colayir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,206,588th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Colayir are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 99 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 403,220. In Turkey Colayir is most frequent in: Sanliurfa Province, where 77 percent are found, Gaziantep Province, where 15 percent are found and Mersin Province, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Turkey Colayir is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Colayir
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