Sarlayan Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Sarlayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarlayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1931:403,22024,452
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Sarlayan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarlayan is found most frequently in Turkey. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarlayan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,206,588th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name Sarlayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Sarlayan reside; 94 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

Sarlayan is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 403,220. In Turkey Sarlayan is most common in: Kirikkale Province, where 33 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 17 percent reside and Kocaeli Province, where 16 percent reside. Beside Turkey this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sarliyan8818/
Sharluyan8211/
Sarlain801/
Jarloyan7552/
Sharlean753/
Sarleant752/
Shorluyan7139/
Charliyan7111/
Charlayne712/
Charleyan711/
Carloyn677/
Sarlien672/
Serlain671/
Scharlaine671/

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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 Sarlayan
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