Sankaya Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Sankaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Şankaya (362) are calculated separately.
Sankaya (15) may also be a first name.
Sankaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankaya occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Şankaya. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sankaya is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Sankaya reside; 36 percent reside in Western Europe and 32 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name globally, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,412,454. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Holland, where 100 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 16 percent reside.
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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 Sankaya
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