Mertay Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Mertay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cyprus | 14 | 1:22,786 | 5,518 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
Mertay (72) may also be a first name.
Mertay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mertay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mertay (Russian: Мертай) is found in Northern Cyprus more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mertay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mertay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Mertay live; 58 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 58 percent live in East Thrace and Karpass. Mertay is also the 1,143,416th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 72 people.
Mertay is most common in Northern Cyprus, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 22,786. In Northern Cyprus it is most numerous in: Lefkoşa District, where 100 percent are found. Beside Northern Cyprus this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 33 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mertay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mertay in the Russian language | ||
| Мертай | mertaj | - |
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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 Mertay
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