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

The surname Yarkaya (Russian: Яркая) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarkaya? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Yarkaya is the 2,689,253^rd most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yarkaya are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,091,646^th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 78 people.

The surname Yarkaya is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,556,428. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 40 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 36 percent reside and Karabuk Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.

Yarkaya Last Name Statistics ^demography

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

In The United States those holding the Yarkaya surname are 5.73% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 52.5% registered to vote for the party.