Gökyar Surname
Approximately 1,536 people bear this surname
Gökyar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,515 | 1:51,367 | 5,075 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gokyar (4) are calculated separately.
Gökyar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gökyar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gökyar is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Gokyar. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gökyar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gökyar is the 256,621st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,744,496 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Gökyar are found; 80 percent are found in West Asia and 80 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,515 people, or 1 in 51,367. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent live, Kahramanmaras Province, where 10 percent live and Adana Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Turkey Gökyar is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 0 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 Gökyar
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