Türkay Surname
Approximately 6,832 people bear this surname
Türkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6,756 | 1:11,519 | 1,490 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Northern Cyprus | 24 | 1:13,292 | 3,416 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Turkay (93) are calculated separately.
Türkay (4,888) may also be a first name.
Türkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Türkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Türkay has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also be found in the variant forms: Turkay. Click here for further potential spellings of Türkay.
How Common Is The Last Name Türkay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 72,189th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,066,678 people. Türkay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Türkay reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 97,562nd most widely held given name at a global level, held by 4,888 people.
It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 6,756 people, or 1 in 11,519. In Turkey Türkay is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside and Mersin Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkay | 94 | 93 | / |
| Türky | 91 | 1 | / |
| Türkkaya | 86 | 338 | / |
| Türkad | 83 | 34 | / |
| Tirkay | 83 | 29 | / |
| Türkey | 83 | 20 | / |
| Türkaç | 83 | 1 | / |
| Turkaya | 77 | 116 | / |
| Türkiye | 77 | 41 | / |
| Turkhay | 77 | 40 | / |
| Türkhaz | 77 | 18 | / |
| Turkkay | 77 | 7 | / |
| Thürkau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Türkkaş | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tuerkay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Turky | 73 | 11,378 | / |
| Tirky | 73 | 5,925 | / |
| Turka | 73 | 5,350 | / |
| Türke | 73 | 1,371 | / |
| Tirka | 73 | 234 | / |
| Türki | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tirkey | 67 | 68,265 | / |
| Turkey | 67 | 10,646 | / |
| Türkiş | 67 | 440 | / |
| Turkca | 67 | 391 | / |
| Turkka | 67 | 313 | / |
| Türkeç | 67 | 236 | / |
| Türkis | 67 | 177 | / |
| Thurka | 67 | 121 | / |
| Tirkha | 67 | 117 | / |
| Thürke | 67 | 96 | / |
| Tirkiy | 67 | 79 | / |
| Türcke | 67 | 42 | / |
| Turkai | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tirkky | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tirkuy | 67 | 15 | / |
| Thirka | 67 | 13 | / |
| Turkha | 67 | 12 | / |
| Thurky | 67 | 10 | / |
| Turkky | 67 | 4 | / |
| Turqay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Türkei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Turkau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tirkoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Turrka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Turkaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tirkai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thirky | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tirkaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turcka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tircky | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turkyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turkoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tirkah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ttirky | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tierka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tirkyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turcky | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Türkay
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