Geray Surname
Approximately 1,932 people bear this surname
Geray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 499 | 1:155,955 | 12,197 |
| France | 405 | 1:164,007 | 25,556 |
| Philippines | 339 | 1:298,638 | 42,448 |
| India | 218 | 1:3,518,649 | 99,858 |
| Germany | 216 | 1:372,710 | 35,308 |
| United States | 170 | 1:2,132,111 | 135,040 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Géray (2) are calculated separately.
Geray (278) may also be a first name.
Geray Demographics
Geray Political Affiliation
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Geray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geray Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geray (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺍﻱ, Russian: Герай) is most common in Turkey. It may also be found as a variant: Géray. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Geray? popularity and diffusion
The surname Geray is the 213,109th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,772,022 people. The surname Geray is primarily found in Asia, where 55 percent of Geray reside; 32 percent reside in Western Europe and 24 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 532,586th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 278 people.
Geray is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 499 people, or 1 in 155,955. In Turkey Geray is most prevalent in: Agri Province, where 27 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 15 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Turkey it occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in France, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 18 percent live.
Geray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Geray has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Geray surname rose 1,417 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Geray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Geray last name are 25.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.79% being registered with the political party.
Geray earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.3% less than the national average, earning $42,589 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geray in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺍﻱ | kray | - |
| Geray in the Russian language | ||
| Герай | geraj | - |
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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 Geray
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