Gürtay Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Gürtay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 106 | 1:734,164 | 36,999 |
| Northern Cyprus | 14 | 1:22,786 | 5,518 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Gurtay (11) are calculated separately.
Gürtay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gürtay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gürtay is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also appear as a variant: Gurtay. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gürtay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gürtay is the 1,649,806th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Gürtay live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 734,164. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Kocaeli Province, where 25 percent live, Balikesir Province, where 13 percent live and Erzurum Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 12 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurtay | 94 | 11 | / |
| Gürtaş | 83 | 384 | / |
| Gortay | 83 | 55 | / |
| Gürtas | 83 | 6 | / |
| Gourtay | 77 | 236 | / |
| Gortayo | 77 | 167 | / |
| Gortaye | 77 | 8 | / |
| Gurtayi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Gorta | 73 | 737 | / |
| Gurty | 73 | 588 | / |
| Gorty | 73 | 194 | / |
| Gurta | 73 | 64 | / |
| Girta | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gourtaya | 71 | 17 | / |
| Gorthy | 67 | 511 | / |
| Ngourtaya | 67 | 251 | / |
| Gurtat | 67 | 211 | / |
| Gortha | 67 | 154 | / |
| Gurtiy | 67 | 45 | / |
| Gortah | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gurtaj | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gortea | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gourty | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ghorty | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gurthy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gurtas | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gorhta | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gortaj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Girtha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Girtea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Girtah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girtyh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goorty | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gortty | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gortey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghorta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gortiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngourtayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girtey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gurtey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gurtha | 67 | 0 | / |
| Goerty | 67 | 0 | / |
| Girrty | 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
- 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 Gürtay
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