Körkaya Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Körkaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 128 | 1:607,980 | 32,628 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Korkaya (7) are calculated separately.
Körkaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Körkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Körkaya is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Korkaya. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Körkaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,565,797th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Körkaya is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Körkaya are found; 92 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name Körkaya is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 607,980. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Denizli Province, where 24 percent live, Konya Province, where 16 percent live and Kahramanmaras Province, where 13 percent live. Barring Turkey it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korkaya | 95 | 7 | / |
| Karkaya | 86 | 59 | / |
| Kerkaya | 86 | 22 | / |
| Karkay | 77 | 83 | / |
| Kerkay | 77 | 70 | / |
| Karckay | 71 | 89 | / |
| Korkiya | 71 | 46 | / |
| Korkoya | 71 | 28 | / |
| Karkaiy | 71 | 16 | / |
| Carkaya | 71 | 9 | / |
| Karkeya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Karkaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karkiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karkaia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karkhay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karky | 67 | 465 | / |
| Korkoyah | 67 | 464 | / |
| Korky | 67 | 218 | / |
| Kharkiya | 67 | 92 | / |
| Körke | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kerky | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kerkeyaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khorkaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karkhayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korkiyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karkoyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kharkaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korkuyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korkhiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karkhiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kherkaay | 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
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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 Körkaya
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