Erkay Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Erkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 182 | 1:427,590 | 25,504 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
Erkay (204) may also be a first name.
Erkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Erkay occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erkay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,244,200th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Erkay live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Erkay is also the 633,892nd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 204 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 427,590. In Turkey Erkay is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 29 percent live, Aydin Province, where 19 percent live and Adana Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Turkey Erkay occurs in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live.
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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 Erkay
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