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 last name Sarıkaya is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Sarkaya or Şarkaya. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarıkaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,602nd most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 97,680 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sarıkaya are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 89 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 74,583 people, or 1 in 1,043. In Turkey Sarıkaya is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 11 percent reside and Denizli Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Turkey it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 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 Sarıkaya
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