Atay
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Bilinen, tanınmış kimse
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Atay is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 32K
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 65K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Atay itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 106 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈32,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Bilinen, tanınmış kimse.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Atay 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | #303 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Atay | 96 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Atay | 21 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 65K | — | Atay | 13 |
| US United States | — | 333as Athy | 1 in 999K | 333 | Atay | 106 |
| AR Argentina | — | 263 | 1 in 173K | 263 | Atay | 25 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 233 | 1 in 15K | 233 | Atay | 12 |
| CY Cyprus | #684 | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Atay | 14 |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Atay is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In akl, liver
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In los, side of canoe opposite the outrigger
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mrw, liver, seat of emotions, heart
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In ivv, liver, nature (disposition)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In shi, tea (drink)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Falih Rıfkı Atayb. 1894TRTurkish journalist and writer (1894–1971)
- Cahit Atayb. 1925TRTurkish writer (1925–2012)
- Oğuz Atayb. 1934TRTurkish novelist (1934–1977)
- Mehmet Atayb. 1957TRTurkish actor (born 1957)
- Ömer Atayb. 1969TRTurkish film producer (born 1969)
- Ali Atayb. 1976TRTurkish actor (born 1976)
- Barış Atayb. 1981TRTurkish actor and statesperson (born 1981)
- Adem Atayb. 1985TRTurkish-English association football player (born 1985)
- Hazal Kayab. 1990TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (born 1990)
- Fatihcan AtayTRTurkish researcher
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 39 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 263 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 240 | #84,231 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 233 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 182 | #99,378 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 116 | #134,037 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name Atay mean?
- Recorded meaning: Bilinen, tanınmış kimse.
- In which country does Atay have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Atay in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled atay.
- How common is the name Atay?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 263 people named Atay, about 1 in 173 thousand residents.
- How common is Atay compared with other names?
- In Türkiye, Atay is the 303rd most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/atayThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Atay” — the 303rd most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.