Demiray

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Güçlü, kuvvetli, sert kimse

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Demiray is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 5.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 14K
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 69K

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)

≈16,000 people, est.

Sources
70 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Güçlü, kuvvetli, sert kimse.

Sources 1

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Demiray 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 Demiray is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#584≈16,000 est.≈1 in 5.1K—Demiray70
FR France—≈110 est.≈1 in 611K21—1
BG Bulgaria—≈100 est.≈1 in 69K—Demiray5
CY Cyprus#968≈94 est.≈1 in 14K—Demiray10
US United States—≈61 est.≈1 in 5.4MlistedDemiray58
CH Switzerland—301 in 280K30Demiray7

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; 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)

Demiray is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Türkiye, United Kingdom

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Děmïřåý

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Démiray

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Israel, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Демирай

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)

1850190019502000Ekrem Demiray, b. 1890Tahsin Demiray, b. 1903Ahmet Demiray, b. 1914Sezai Demiray, b. 1916Metin Demiray, b. 1973Zafer Demiray, b. 1976Levent Demiray, b. 1979

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 Demiray Bey,Dear Demiray Bey, (English)
InformalMerhaba Demiray,Hi Demiray, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Demiray
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202430#27,377
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19716—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———
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——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901——

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name 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

How do you pronounce Demiray?
A machine transcription gives /demiɾaj/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Demiray mean?
Recorded meaning: Güçlü, kuvvetli, sert kimse.
In which country does Demiray have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Demiray in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled demiray.
How common is the name Demiray?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 30 people named Demiray in 2024, about 1 in 280 thousand residents.
How common is Demiray compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Demiray is the 584th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Demiray” — the 584th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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