Gürsay Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Gürsay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 48 | 1:1,621,280 | 61,377 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
The alternate forms: Gursay (14) are calculated separately.
Gürsay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gürsay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gürsay occurs most in Turkey. It may be found in the variant forms: Gursay. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gürsay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gürsay is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Gürsay are found; 94 percent are found in West Asia and 94 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Gürsay is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,621,280. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Bursa Province, where 35 percent live, Ankara Province, where 21 percent live and Izmir Province, where 21 percent live. Other than Turkey this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 4 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gursay | 94 | 14 | / |
| Gürsoy | 83 | 39,879 | / |
| Gürçay | 83 | 3,376 | / |
| Gürsaç | 83 | 188 | / |
| Gürsey | 83 | 41 | / |
| Girsay | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gorsay | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gürcay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gorsa | 73 | 783 | / |
| Girsa | 73 | 453 | / |
| Girsy | 73 | 302 | / |
| Gorsy | 73 | 227 | / |
| Gursa | 73 | 18 | / |
| Gursy | 73 | 5 | / |
| Goorsaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gurshaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goursaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goursaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorssaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Girsha | 67 | 1,473 | / |
| Gursoy | 67 | 552 | / |
| Gorsia | 67 | 437 | / |
| Gorsey | 67 | 213 | / |
| Gorsha | 67 | 176 | / |
| Gürçağ | 67 | 78 | / |
| Gursey | 67 | 69 | / |
| Gursha | 67 | 63 | / |
| Gurzay | 67 | 32 | / |
| Gürsez | 67 | 21 | / |
| Gürges | 67 | 19 | / |
| Girsza | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gursaz | 67 | 18 | / |
| Gurcay | 67 | 15 | / |
| Goursa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ghursa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gorzay | 67 | 8 | / |
| Goursy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gorshy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gursca | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gürgey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Girsoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gorsai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Girsah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gursas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorsoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ggorsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gursai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorsaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorsea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goorsahye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gursat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghirsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gűrsoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorssa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gürsay
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