Taşkaya Surname
Approximately 4,389 people bear this surname
Taşkaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4,358 | 1:17,857 | 2,150 |
| Northern Cyprus | 30 | 1:10,634 | 2,776 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
The alternate forms: Taskaya (52) are calculated separately.
Taşkaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taşkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taşkaya is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Taskaya. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taşkaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 106,484th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,660,411 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Taşkaya reside; 93 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 4,358 people, or 1 in 17,857. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 10 percent reside, Adana Province, where 7 percent reside and Bitlis Province, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Turkey it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, 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 Taşkaya
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