Kuruçay Surname
Approximately 3,949 people bear this surname
Kuruçay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3,944 | 1:19,732 | 2,346 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Kurucay (60) are calculated separately.
Kuruçay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuruçay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuruçay has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kurucay. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuruçay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 116,692nd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,845,416 people. Kuruçay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Kuruçay reside; 81 percent reside in West Asia and 81 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 3,944 people, or 1 in 19,732. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 29 percent are found, Sivas Province, where 17 percent are found and Malatya Province, where 7 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Azerbaijan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurucay | 95 | 60 | / |
| Kuruchay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuruca | 77 | 1,775 | / |
| Kurusa | 77 | 393 | / |
| Kuruza | 77 | 25 | / |
| Kuruşa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Curuça | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kurudza | 71 | 58 | / |
| Kurutsa | 71 | 45 | / |
| Kurucha | 71 | 25 | / |
| Kurusia | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kurucza | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kurusoy | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kurutza | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kurusaz | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kurhuza | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kurusha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Khuruza | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kauruza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kurucsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kurusza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuruuza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuruzsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kurucsai | 67 | 450 | / |
| Kurudzhy | 67 | 56 | / |
| Kaurudza | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kahuruza | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kaurusha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kurusiya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kurutsia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kurausia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuroosay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kurisaya | 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 Kuruçay
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