Gencebay Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gencebay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gencebay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1911:407,44224,617
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gencebay (87) may also be a first name.

Gencebay Last Name Facts

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

Gencebay is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gencebay.

How Common Is The Last Name Gencebay? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,155,901st most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. Gencebay is mostly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Gencebay live; 58 percent live in West Asia and 58 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Gencebay is also the 1,024,927th most common given name internationally It is held by 87 people.

The last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 407,442. In Turkey Gencebay is most common in: Bursa Province, where 29 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 25 percent reside and Tekirdag Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Genzhebay828/
Incebay80631/
Ensebay8011/
Genceva801/
Gencheva755,360/
Ghenceva7515/
Engeba7121/
Gengebach712/
Guencheva712/
Genzebach711/
Genzebe672,898/
Incebey67165/
Senseby67130/
Inceboy67123/
Incebas6727/
Gencevi6716/
Henjeby6711/
Henseby675/
Hengeba674/
Senceva673/
Ensebai672/
Cencebe671/
Genkebe671/
Sencebé671/
Incibay671/
Enjebha671/
Endjeba671/
Gengiby670/

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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
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  • 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 Gencebay
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