Güvenkaya Surname

520,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 625 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Güvenkaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Güvenkaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6231:124,91410,320
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Guvenkaya (4) are calculated separately.

Güvenkaya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Güvenkaya has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can also be found as: Guvenkaya. For other potential spellings of Güvenkaya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Güvenkaya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 520,629th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,660,073 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Güvenkaya live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Güvenkaya is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 124,914. In Turkey Güvenkaya is most prevalent in: Ordu Province, where 39 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 33 percent reside and Samsun Province, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guvenkaya964/
Guven Kaya842/
Güven Akay841/
Güvenek75121/
Güvenik756/
Gavenka751/
Gavencky714/
Govenaka714/
Govienka711/
Güvenç6719,898/
Güvenc67156/
Kovankaya67118/
Kuvankaya6724/
Gavanayak6710/
Güvenć671/
Güvence6398/

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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 Güvenkaya
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