Kayış Surname
Approximately 9,959 people bear this surname
Kayış Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 9,953 | 1:7,819 | 1,068 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kays (6,498) are calculated separately.
Kayış Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayış Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kayış is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Kays. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayış? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kayış is the 51,476th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 731,755 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Kayış reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
Kayış is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 9,953 people, or 1 in 7,819. In Turkey Kayış is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live, Ankara Province, where 6 percent live and Malatya Province, where 6 percent live. Besides Turkey this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kays | 89 | 6,498 | / |
| Kayaş | 80 | 2,759 | / |
| Kayiş | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kay | 75 | 311,583 | / |
| Kaş | 75 | 8,872 | / |
| Kayıcı | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kayacı | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaya | 67 | 888,082 | / |
| Kaye | 67 | 38,998 | / |
| Kayi | 67 | 13,491 | / |
| Kayo | 67 | 9,870 | / |
| Khay | 67 | 5,422 | / |
| Kayu | 67 | 1,041 | / |
| Kayasız | 67 | 240 | / |
| Kaay | 67 | 203 | / |
| Kajy | 67 | 154 | / |
| Kahy | 67 | 57 | / |
| Kayj | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kayß | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kaiy | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kayz | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kayy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gkay | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ckay | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kqay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hkay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kkay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kayc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kgay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kayx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kayú | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kayé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kıyı | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kayê | 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
- 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 Kayış
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