Yarkaya Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yarkaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yarkaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey501:1,556,42859,823
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Yarkaya (78) may also be a first name.

Yarkaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yarkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yarkaya (Russian: Яркая) is found most in Turkey. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yarkaya.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarkaya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Yarkaya is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yarkaya live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequent first name globally, held by 78 people.

Yarkaya is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,556,428. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 40 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 36 percent are found and Karabuk Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Turkey this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Yarkaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Yarkaya last name is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Yarkaya last name are 5.73% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 52.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yarıkaya9393/
Yarkay92190/
Yarıkkaya88366/
Yorkaya8616/
Yarkhay861/
Jarkaya861/
Yarka83728/
Yarkiy77170/
Yarkey7758/
Yarkai7752/
Yarkyi7724/
Yorkaa777/
Jarkay774/
Yarkha774/
Yarkoa771/
Yarecky716/
Iarkaha711/
Jarkiya711/
Iharkaa711/
Yarkhau711/
Jarka671,992/
Yarke671,088/
Yorka67279/
Yorky6788/
Yarki6731/
Yarca6711/
Jarky675/
Iorkaaya674/
Yarqa671/
Yarkchey671/
Iarka671/
Iorkayaa671/
Iorkhaya671/
Yarquaye671/
Yarkquai671/
Earky671/

Yarkaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yarkaya in the Russian language
Яркаяarkaa-

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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 Yarkaya
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