Özyay Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Özyay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 465 | 1:167,358 | 12,872 |
| Northern Cyprus | 45 | 1:7,089 | 1,629 |
The alternate forms: Ozyay (26) are calculated separately.
Özyay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Özyay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Özyay is most common in Turkey. It may be rendered as a variant: Ozyay. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Özyay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 607,405th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. The surname Özyay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Özyay are found; 81 percent are found in West Asia and 81 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
Özyay is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 465 people, or 1 in 167,358. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Malatya Province, where 20 percent live, Kayseri Province, where 18 percent live and Antalya Province, where 14 percent live. Barring Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 9 percent live.
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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 Özyay
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