Kortay Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Kortay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 32 | 1:2,431,919 | 77,125 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kortay (15) may also be a first name.
Kortay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kortay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kortay (Hindi: कोर्टय, Russian: Кортай) is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kortay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,414,640th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Kortay reside; 48 percent reside in West Asia and 48 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 2,431,919. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Kayseri Province, where 53 percent reside, Antalya Province, where 16 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Turkey this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 37 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kortay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kortay in the Hindi language | ||
| कोर्टय | kortaya | - |
| Kortay in the Russian language | ||
| Кортай | kortaj | - |
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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 Kortay
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