Gönay Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gönay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gönay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3281:237,26016,702
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gonay (457) are calculated separately.

Gönay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gönay is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gonay. For other potential spellings of Gönay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gönay? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 837,371st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Gönay are found; 55 percent are found in West Asia and 55 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 237,260. In Turkey Gönay is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 48 percent are found, Edirne Province, where 11 percent are found and Sivas Province, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gonay93457/
Genay801,124/
Ganay80639/
Göney80539/
Gönye80255/
Göhna802/
Ganaye731,012/
Ganayo73450/
Gonhay73137/
Gonnay73128/
Ghanay7394/
Ganaya7386/
Gannay7337/
Ghonay7337/
Genaya7323/
Ganayu734/
Genayi733/
Genaye733/
Gonaya732/
Gonaye732/
Gonayo731/
Ganahy731/
Gahnay731/
Gaanay731/
Gana6786,846/
Gona6722,569/
Gena679,454/
Ghannay67104/
Göne6742/
Ganahay6714/
Gonayee6713/
Ghanaya675/
Gonnaya673/
Ghanaye672/
Ghenaye672/
Ganayee671/
Ghanajy671/
Gannaya671/
Gannayy671/
Gahanay671/
Ganahiy671/
Ghenaiy671/
Ganhajy671/
Gonhaya671/
Ghuinay671/

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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 Gönay
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