Koçay Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Koçay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 180 | 1:432,341 | 25,705 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
The alternate forms: Kocay (109) are calculated separately.
Koçay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koçay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koçay has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kocay. Click here to see other possible spellings of Koçay.
How Common Is The Last Name Koçay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,267,784th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Koçay live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 432,341. In Turkey Koçay is most prevalent in: Eskisehir Province, where 29 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 24 percent are found and Hatay Province, where 12 percent are found. Besides Turkey Koçay is found in one country. It also occurs in Libya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kocay | 93 | 109 | / |
| Koça | 89 | 318 | / |
| Kozay | 80 | 402 | / |
| Kaçay | 80 | 192 | / |
| Koçaj | 80 | 179 | / |
| Kodça | 80 | 10 | / |
| Koçsoy | 73 | 432 | / |
| Kocaay | 73 | 362 | / |
| Kotsay | 73 | 142 | / |
| Kochay | 73 | 99 | / |
| Kocaya | 73 | 26 | / |
| Kozhay | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kozaya | 73 | 5 | / |
| Khozay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kocayo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kotçat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kozaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koczay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koca | 67 | 85,012 | / |
| Koza | 67 | 26,560 | / |
| Koçi | 67 | 9,419 | / |
| Kozy | 67 | 530 | / |
| Kacy | 67 | 376 | / |
| Koçe | 67 | 258 | / |
| Kazy | 67 | 198 | / |
| Kozhaya | 67 | 132 | / |
| Kaça | 67 | 132 | / |
| Koča | 67 | 122 | / |
| Khochay | 67 | 46 | / |
| Khozhay | 67 | 42 | / |
| Kocy | 67 | 39 | / |
| Khozayo | 67 | 17 | / |
| Khotsay | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kouzaye | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khotxay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kochaya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khozaay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Coça | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khozaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kochayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kozhayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khoizay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kochaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kozayeh | 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 Koçay
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