Kaya is used as a family name or surname in Turkey. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kaya
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Turkey
Meaning: Turkish name for a rock. Derivative: Kayaoglu (= the son of the man called Kaya).

How popular is Kaya?

Kaya is common in Turkey.

Kaya is ranked 708 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kayas grew by 25.86505 per cent to 1455 since 2000 and ranked 18819 after elevating 2337 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 56.49 42.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 25.57 37.37
Hispanic or Latino 8.11 9.26
Others 5.64 8.04
Black 2.27 1.04
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.92 2.08
Kaya is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Turkey which signifies that it is originated from Turkey. Around 740103 people have been found who wears Kaya as their family name. Kaya is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
16,914 Mauritania10
999 Democratic Republic of The Congo8
28,661 Serbia8
1,039 Libya5
572 Mali5
27,602 Nigeria4
16,861 Iran4
8,689 Pakistan4
3,904 Ivory Coast4
12,383 Armenia4
3,861 Syria3
7,993 Jordan3
4,669 Albania3
3,519 Benin3
78,945 Argentina3
16,136 Kenya3
110 Central African Republic3
2,444 Sudan3
210 Chad3
9,500 Ghana3
20,541 Peru3
20,837 Venezuela2
1,834 Malta2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
18,035 Egypt2
4,231 Jamaica2
14,408 Uruguay2
5,217 Zambia2
8,657 Lebanon2
2,085 Nepal2
54,135 Philippines2
9,272 Ecuador2
5,936 Bahrain2
4,104 South Korea2
3,014 Taiwan2
3,670 Mozambique2
2,705 Togo2
4,944 Bosnia2
17,547 Colombia2
1,421 Gabon2
7,198 Maldives1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
14,618 Guyana1
3,952 Yemen1
692 Guinea1
6,149 Ethiopia1
11,486 Estonia1
880 Djibouti1
801 Cape Verde1
8,181 Botswana1
2,374 Bermuda1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
1,542 Andorra1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,073 Latvia1
537 Liechtenstein1
7,292 Vietnam1
3,243 Suriname1
4,171 Rwanda1
5,924 Paraguay1
3,214 Niger1
2,724 New Caledonia1
4,249 Cambodia1
56,169 Mexico1
6,688 Malawi1
408 Åland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,183 Zimbabwe49
6,191 Burkina Faso49
6,284 Ireland49
2,210 Thailand48
20,906 Israel47
16,483 Chile45
1,033 Iceland38
9,524 Portugal37
2,177 Japan36
8,214 Singapore35
1,347 China35
38,322 Czech Republic32
2,645 Luxembourg26
3,343 Senegal23
24,534 New Zealand17
16,041 Georgia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,435 Belarus100
3,257 Hong Kong71
10,892 Kyrgyzstan69
5,257 Wales68
7,449 Scotland66
35,456 Spain65
4,367 Qatar58
Countries with hundreds of Kaya:
20,034 Russia833
4,645 Uzbekistan832
2,288 Belgium698
7,716 Morocco671
3,629 Malaysia658
134 Cyprus584
1,974 Switzerland540
13,663 South Africa457
2,395 Sweden421
7,513 Australia382
16,065 Ukraine354
17,922 Poland334
29,743 Italy314
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
9,477 Kazakhstan286
2,528 Bulgaria257
1,342 Macedonia256
8,711 Romania251
2,286 Denmark251
15,417 Canada242
4,305 United Arab Emirates229
3,984 Tajikistan203
9,896 Greece197
21,351 Tanzania195
2,275 Azerbaijan194
56,243 Brazil175
6,898 Tunisia165
4,897 Finland157
5,195 Norway144
8,668 Hungary131
3,641 Oman124
8,562 Slovakia124
5,599 Lithuania113
Countries with thousands of Kaya:
482 Iraq8,355
31 Congo8,163
6,882 India7,390
5,121 Indonesia2,764
2,930 France2,596
1,009 Netherlands1,980
1,528 Afghanistan1,898
2,889 Uganda1,867
18,099 United States1,805
4,564 England1,624
455 Austria1,572
2,577 Cameroon1,388
482 Turkmenistan1,312
5,521 Algeria1,250
Countries with ten thousands of Kaya:
317 Germany17,921
Countries with hundred thousands of Kaya:
2 Turkey665,898
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Kaya Namesakes

  • Abdülkadir Kayalı, Soccer player
  • Lütfullah Kayalar, Lawyer
  • Nurullah Kaya, Soccer player
  • Adil Kaya, Film producer
  • Ahmet Kaya, Singer
  • Ai Kayano, Voice actress
  • Rıza Kayaalp, Olympic athlete
  • Ai Kayano, Voice actress
  • Alawi D. Kayal, Author
  • Umar Kayam, Sociologist
  • In 1969 drama film, Disi eskiya, Ali Kaya portrayed N.
  • Sevgi Kaya portrayed main role of N in 1975 drama, romance movie Huma Kusu.
  • Masha Kaya played leading character of The Girl in 2014 drama and mystery movie Let the Die Be Cast: Initium.

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