Tokay Surname
Approximately 7,995 people bear this surname
Tokay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 7,028 | 1:11,073 | 1,442 |
| India | 265 | 1:2,894,586 | 87,884 |
| Liberia | 175 | 1:25,192 | 2,463 |
| United States | 157 | 1:2,308,656 | 143,524 |
| Hungary | 55 | 1:178,478 | 15,519 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Switzerland | 50 | 1:164,258 | 15,252 |
| Northern Cyprus | 47 | 1:6,787 | 1,523 |
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Kosovo | 10 | 1:186,187 | 7,122 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Tökay (1) are calculated separately.
Tokay (448) may also be a first name.
Tokay Demographics
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Tokay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tokay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tokay (Russian: Токай) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Tökay. Click here for further possible spellings of Tokay.
How Common Is The Last Name Tokay? popularity and diffusion
Tokay is the 62,744th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 911,513 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Tokay reside; 77 percent reside in West Asia and 77 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 404,611th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 448 people.
The surname Tokay is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 7,028 people, or 1 in 11,073. In Turkey Tokay is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 11 percent live and Mardin Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Turkey Tokay occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.
Tokay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tokay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tokay surname increased 15,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tokay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tokay surname are 2.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.88% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tokay earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 4.16% less than the national average, earning $41,352 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.75% more than the national average, earning $75,393 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tokay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tokay in the Russian language | ||
| Токай | tokaj | - |
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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 Tokay
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