Sarıkaya Surname
Approximately 74,606 people bear this surname
Sarıkaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 74,583 | 1:1,043 | 145 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
The alternate forms: Sarkaya (271) & Şarkaya (1) are calculated separately.
Sarıkaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarıkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sarıkaya is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sarkaya or Şarkaya. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sarıkaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarıkaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,602nd most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 97,680 people. The surname Sarıkaya is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Sarıkaya reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 74,583 people, or 1 in 1,043. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 11 percent are found and Denizli Province, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Turkey this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Sarıkaya
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