Gürkaya Surname

716,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gürkaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gürkaya 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
Turkey3951:197,01614,536
Northern Cyprus121:26,5845,945
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Gurkaya (5) are calculated separately.

Gürkaya Last Name Facts

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

Gürkaya occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Gurkaya. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürkaya? popularity and diffusion

Gürkaya is the 716,247th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,861,632 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Gürkaya live; 77 percent live in West Asia and 77 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

Gürkaya is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 395 people, or 1 in 197,016. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 29 percent live, Izmir Province, where 27 percent live and Ankara Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Turkey Gürkaya is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

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
Gurkaya955/
Gürkay927/
Gorkaya86857/
Gurckaya8012/
Gürkey7713/
Gorkay774/
Gorkaa773/
Gürcay771/
Gorkoya714/
Gorkaia711/
Gurkhaa711/
Gorkiya711/
Gürke67406/
Gurckaia6741/
Gurky6741/
Gorkoyah6719/
Girky676/
Gurkaiah676/
Gorkhayi671/
Gaurkiya671/
Ghurkiya671/
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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 Gürkaya
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