Gortay Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Gortay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 50 | 1:1,556,428 | 59,823 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gortay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gortay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gortay (Russian: Гортай) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gortay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. Gortay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Gortay reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name Gortay is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,556,428. In Turkey Gortay is most frequent in: Yalova Province, where 86 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 14 percent live. Other than Turkey Gortay occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 7 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gortay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gortay in the Russian language | ||
| Гортай | gortaj | - |
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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 Gortay
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