Gökçay Surname
Approximately 2,071 people bear this surname
Gökçay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,068 | 1:37,631 | 3,944 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Gökcay (19) & Gokcay (21) are calculated separately.
Gökçay (94) may also be a first name.
Gökçay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gökçay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gökçay is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Gökcay or Gokcay. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gökçay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 201,348th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,518,854 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Gökçay are found; 82 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Gökçay is also the 980,251st most frequent given name internationally, held by 94 people.
It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 2,068 people, or 1 in 37,631. In Turkey Gökçay is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 23 percent live, Izmir Province, where 10 percent live and Konya Province, where 9 percent live. Other than Turkey Gökçay is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Russia, 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 Gökçay
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