Okçay Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Okçay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okçay Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1021:762,95537,984
Northern Cyprus91:35,4467,326

The alternate forms: Okcay (18) are calculated separately.

Okçay Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okçay Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okçay is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Okcay. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okçay? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okçay is the 1,736,881st most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Okçay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Okçay live; 92 percent live in West Asia and 92 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Okçay is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 762,955. In Turkey it is most common in: Izmir Province, where 28 percent reside, Erzurum Province, where 16 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okcay9318/
Okça8978/
Akçay8053,578/
Akçaay731/
Akça6752,955/
Okçi67366/
Okcahyo6732/
Okza673/
Okzy671/
Okcy671/

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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 Okçay
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