Koşay Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Koşay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 517 | 1:150,525 | 11,887 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Kosay (1,728) are calculated separately.
Koşay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koşay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koşay occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Kosay. Click here for other possible spellings of Koşay.
How Common Is The Last Name Koşay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 599,225th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. The last name Koşay is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Koşay live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
Koşay is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 517 people, or 1 in 150,525. In Turkey Koşay is most prevalent in: Hatay Province, where 23 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 10 percent reside and Balikesir Province, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Turkey it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosay | 93 | 1,728 | / |
| Koşa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kuşay | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kossay | 73 | 2,266 | / |
| Koisay | 73 | 1,753 | / |
| Kosaya | 73 | 177 | / |
| Koshay | 73 | 58 | / |
| Kosayu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Kosayi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kousay | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kosayo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kozaya | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kosaye | 73 | 5 | / |
| Khosay | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kosgay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kosaiy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kosiay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kozaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koczay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koesay | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kosa | 67 | 13,648 | / |
| Koša | 67 | 639 | / |
| Kacy | 67 | 376 | / |
| Coşa | 67 | 357 | / |
| Koça | 67 | 318 | / |
| Kosy | 67 | 242 | / |
| Kasy | 67 | 166 | / |
| Kuşa | 67 | 80 | / |
| Kossaye | 67 | 57 | / |
| Kocy | 67 | 39 | / |
| Koussay | 67 | 27 | / |
| Khoxayo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kossaya | 67 | 18 | / |
| Khotsay | 67 | 12 | / |
| Koisaya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kouzaye | 67 | 10 | / |
| Koschay | 67 | 8 | / |
| Koßa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kousaya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khozaay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Keşa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kosayoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kossayo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koshayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khosaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khoshay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khozaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kozayeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kochaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koshaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kochayt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khoisay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khoizay | 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 Koşay
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