Kayali

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 7.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 159K
  • JOJordan≈1 in 34K

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.

Syria (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 people, est.

Sources
66 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kayali 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 Kayali is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SY Syria#728≈2,400 est.≈1 in 7.9K—Kayali25
TR Türkiye—≈520 est.≈1 in 159K—Kayali39
SA Saudi Arabia—≈440 est.≈1 in 77K—Kayali26
JO Jordan—≈320 est.≈1 in 34K—Kayali19
AE United Arab Emirates—≈210 est.≈1 in 49K—Kayali39
US United States—1921 in 1.7M271Kayali66
SE Sweden—1381 in 74K138Kayali6

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (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)

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

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kayālī

  • Bulgarian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye, Poland, Croatia

    Languages: Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian

    Also written Каяли

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kayālī

35 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)

18501900195020002050Reşat Kayalı, b. 1881Nafiz Kayalı, b. 1955Ali Kayalı, b. 1965Murat Kayalı, b. 1989Abdülkadir Kayalı, b. 1991Kağan Kayalı, b. 1999Nadja Kayali, b. 2000Hasan Berat Kayalı, b. 2005
  • Reşat Kayalıb. 1881TRnot in their usual nameTurkish statesperson (1881–1926)
  • Nafiz Kayalıb. 1955TRnot in their usual nameTurkish statesperson (born 1955)
  • Ali Kayalıb. 1965TRnot in their usual nameTurkish wrestler (born 1965)
  • Murat Kayalıb. 1989TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1989)
  • Abdülkadir Kayalıb. 1991TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1991)
  • Kağan Kayalıb. 1999TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1999)
  • Nadja Kayalib. 2000ATAustrian journalist
  • Hasan Berat Kayalıb. 2005TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 2005)
  • Mehmet Reşat KayalıTRnot in their usual nameTurkish politician

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)

FormalDear Kayali,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Kayali
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020271#76,478
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010192#95,115
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—138#5,619
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000122#128,797
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 Kayali?
A machine transcription gives /kajaʎi/ (IPA) for Arabic.
What are other forms of the name Kayali?
In the etymology graph, Kayalı is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Kayali have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Kayali in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kayali.
How common is the name Kayali?
In the United States, the national register counted 192 people named Kayali in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
How common is Kayali compared with other names?
In Syria, Kayali is the 728th most common surname of 190,062 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, “Kayali” — the 728th most common surname in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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