Koray Surname
Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname
Koray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,145 | 1:67,966 | 6,369 |
| India | 402 | 1:1,908,123 | 66,445 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Indonesia | 124 | 1:1,066,526 | 77,317 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Northern Cyprus | 44 | 1:7,250 | 1,694 |
| Afghanistan | 22 | 1:1,461,508 | 12,026 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Koray (22,969) may also be a first name.
Koray Demographics
Average Koray Salary in
United States
$42,739 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koray Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koray (Arabic: كوراي, Hindi: कोराय, Marathi: कोराय, Russian: Корай) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Koray.
How Common Is The Last Name Koray? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 193,184th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 3,345,981 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Koray are found; 41 percent are found in West Asia and 41 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 34,054th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 22,969 people.
The last name Koray is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,145 people, or 1 in 67,966. In Turkey Koray is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 36 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 10 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent are found and Ghana, where 13 percent are found.
Koray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Koray surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% registered with the political party.
Koray earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $42,739 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koray in the Marathi language | ||
| कोराय | koraya | - |
| Koray in the Hindi language | ||
| कोराय | koraya | 60 |
| कोरया | koraya | 40 |
| Koray in the Russian language | ||
| Корай | koraj | - |
| Koray in the Arabic language | ||
| كوراي | kwray | - |
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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 Koray
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