Altunay

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/aɫtunaj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Altunay is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: bk. Altınay.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 20K
  • SESweden1 in 329K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,900 people, est.

Sources
55 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

bk. Altınay

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Altunay counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Altunay is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈7,900 est.≈1 in 10K—Altunay55
FR France≈110 est.≈1 in 606K13Altunay2
CY Cyprus≈64 est.≈1 in 20K—Altunay6
SE Sweden311 in 329K31Altunay8
NL Netherlands251 in 691K25Altunay7
CH Switzerland141 in 600K14—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Altunay is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Altünäý

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Cahit Altunayb. 1962TRTurkish statesperson (born 1962)
  • DJ Mahmutb. 1968DEnot in their usual nameTurkish disc jockey

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSayın Altunay Hanım,Dear Altunay Hanım, (English)
InformalMerhaba Altunay,Hi Altunay, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Altunay
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—31#18,448
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200725#45,128
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198115—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202414#47,506
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19712—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Altunay?
A machine transcription gives /aɫtunaj/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Altunay mean?
Recorded meaning: bk. Altınay
In which country does Altunay have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.9 thousand people named Altunay in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled altunay.
How common is the name Altunay?
In Sweden, the national register counted 31 people named Altunay, about 1 in 329 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Altunay”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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