Göy Surname

432,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 795 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Göy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Göy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey7761:100,2858,760
Finland131:422,82327,659
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

The alternate forms: Goy (10,657) are calculated separately.

Göy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Göy is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Goy. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Göy? popularity and diffusion

Göy is the 432,755th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,166,724 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Göy are found; 84 percent are found in West Asia and 84 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

Göy is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 776 people, or 1 in 100,285. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 25 percent are found, Kahramanmaras Province, where 19 percent are found and Gaziantep Province, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Turkey it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goy8910,657/
Göya861/
Gö8025/
Göyeö751/
Guy67110,005/
Gay6788,569/
Köy67633/
Ghy6714/
Ggy6711/
Cgy678/
Gáy674/
Gwy672/
Göh671/
Gùy671/
Güy671/
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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 Göy
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