Tortay Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Tortay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 207 | 1:320,883 | 48,728 |
| Kazakhstan | 65 | 1:272,038 | 23,403 |
Tortay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tortay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tortay (Russian: Тортай) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tortay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 959,117th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Tortay live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Tortay is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 320,883. In France Tortay is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 66 percent reside, Grand Est, where 17 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 5 percent reside. Outside of France Tortay is found in one country. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 24 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tortay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tortay in the Russian language | ||
| Тортай | tortaj | - |
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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 Tortay
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