Sarakaya Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Sarakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 46 | 1:1,691,770 | 62,957 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sarakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sarakaya (Marathi: सरकया) is most common in Turkey. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarakaya? popularity and diffusion
Sarakaya is the 2,460,878th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Sarakaya are found; 75 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
Sarakaya is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 1,691,770. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Afyonkarahisar Province, where 91 percent live, Ankara Province, where 7 percent live and Kayseri Province, where 2 percent live. Apart from Turkey Sarakaya occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Bulgaria, where 15 percent live and Norway, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarakaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarakaya in the Marathi language | ||
| सरकया | sarakaya | 60 |
| सारकया | sarakaya | 40 |
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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 Sarakaya
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