Görkey Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Görkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 236 | 1:329,752 | 21,106 |
| Northern Cyprus | 10 | 1:31,901 | 6,529 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Gorkey (30) are calculated separately.
Görkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Görkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Görkey is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Gorkey. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Görkey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,022,958th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Görkey are found; 74 percent are found in West Asia and 74 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Görkey is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 236 people, or 1 in 329,752. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 44 percent are found, Antalya Province, where 18 percent are found and Eskisehir Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Görkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Görkey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Görkey surname declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorkey | 94 | 30 | / |
| Görke | 91 | 3,144 | / |
| Gerkey | 83 | 231 | / |
| Görcke | 83 | 113 | / |
| Göhrke | 83 | 68 | / |
| Görkes | 83 | 53 | / |
| Görkay | 83 | 41 | / |
| Görkeç | 83 | 39 | / |
| Garkey | 83 | 27 | / |
| Görkoy | 83 | 6 | / |
| Görkaya | 77 | 31 | / |
| Gierkey | 77 | 24 | / |
| Gehrkey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Garkeye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gorkhey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gharkey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gerke | 73 | 13,205 | / |
| Gorke | 73 | 1,237 | / |
| Garke | 73 | 452 | / |
| Gorky | 73 | 161 | / |
| Gärke | 73 | 98 | / |
| Gerky | 73 | 47 | / |
| Görce | 73 | 39 | / |
| Garky | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gērke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Görkesch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Görkeová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gehrke | 67 | 23,552 | / |
| Goerke | 67 | 4,870 | / |
| Gierke | 67 | 3,928 | / |
| Gorkhe | 67 | 1,715 | / |
| Gercke | 67 | 766 | / |
| Gaerke | 67 | 180 | / |
| Gherke | 67 | 106 | / |
| Gerhke | 67 | 85 | / |
| Gohrke | 67 | 84 | / |
| Garkie | 67 | 81 | / |
| Garkay | 67 | 47 | / |
| Gerkoy | 67 | 33 | / |
| Gharke | 67 | 32 | / |
| Garcke | 67 | 31 | / |
| Gharky | 67 | 26 | / |
| Gorkie | 67 | 15 | / |
| Garkej | 67 | 14 | / |
| Goerky | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gorkeh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gahrke | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gorcke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gorkay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gerkke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gerkie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Garkee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gerrke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gierky | 67 | 2 | / |
| Garkhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gerkhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gehrky | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gorkoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Goërke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gherky | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Görkaş | 67 | 1 | / |
| Görkis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorkeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gerkeh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gerkee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Garhke | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Görkey
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