Kancay Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kancay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kancay (6) may also be a first name.
Kancay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kancay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kancay occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kancay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kancay reside; 80 percent reside in West Asia and 80 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Kancay is also the 4,967,096th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 6 people.
The surname Kancay is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 19,455,356. In Turkey Kancay is primarily concentrated in: Izmir Province, where 75 percent reside and Konya Province, where 25 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Kancay
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