Cognomen Karatay (Каратай 
, Karatay 
, Каратаи ) , throughout the world, is a common surname. The family name Karatay is habitual in Turkey, where it is quite a common surname, Belarus, where it is quite a rare surname, and Kyrgyzstan. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Turkey, Belarus, and Ukraine. Very seldom, Karatay is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Каратай | Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan |
| Karatay | Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Turkey |
| Каратаи | Russia, Kazakhstan |
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nefise karatay Turkish actress, TR (b. 1976) |
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| canan efendigil karatay Turkish physician, TR (b. 1943) |
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| zafer karatay TR (b. 1958) |
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| mertol karatay Brazilian footballer, TR (b. 1975) |
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| ibo karatay Dutch film director and film producer, NL (b. 1979) |
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| kadriye buşra karatay researcher |
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| gülnaz karatay researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-6488-0890) |
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| emrah karatay researcher |
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| saliha karatay researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3319-1950) |
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| ibrahim karatay Ph.D. Yildiz Technical University 2004 |
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| ahmet karatay researcher ORCID id 0000-0001-9373-801X |
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| elif karatay researcher |
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| eylem karatay researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3738-3554) |
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| osman karatay (b. 1971) |
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| dursun karatay association football player, TR (b. 1984) |
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