Gursoy

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 219K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 649Kas Guersoy
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 38K

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 Gursoy 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)

≈370 people, est.

Sources
106 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)

Cyprus, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gürsoy in DE Germany and Guersoy in CH Switzerland.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gursoy 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 Gursoy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye—≈370 est.≈1 in 219K—Gursoy87
FR France—≈150 est.≈1 in 459K25Gursoy87
NL Netherlands—1441 in 120K144Gursoy18
DE Germany—≈120 est.≈1 in 649K—Gürsoy54
CH Switzerland—1141 in 74K114Guersoy4
DK Denmark—551 in 107K55——
NO Norway—461 in 119K46—3
CY Cyprus—≈33 est.≈1 in 38K—Gursoy8
DM Dominica#700———Gursoy1

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)

Gursoy is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, United Kingdom, El Salvador

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gürsoy

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Türkiye, Sweden, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Gürsoy

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Gürsöy, Gürsoy

  • Turkish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Netherlands, Cyprus, United States

    Languages: Turkish, Chinese, Hindi

    Also written Gürsoy

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Gürsoy

  • Russian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Гюрсой, Gürsoy, Gyursoy, Gurşoy, Gyursoi

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Gürsoy

25 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)

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 10 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Gursoy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—46#27,659
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198113—
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——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1891——

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

In which country does Gursoy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 374 people named Gursoy in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gursoy.
How common is the name Gursoy?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 144 people named Gursoy in 2007, about 1 in 120 thousand residents.
How common is Gursoy compared with other names?
In Dominica, Gursoy is the 700th most common surname of 841 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, “Gursoy” — the 700th most common surname in Dominica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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