Turay

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Ay gibi güzel genç

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

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

Turay is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sierra Leone than in any other country, where it is the 21st most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 255K(measured from records)
  • SLSierra Leone≈1 in 247
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 27K

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.

Sierra Leone (inferred from the name graph)

≈27,000 people, est.

Sources
233 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 247 (inferred from the name graph)

Sierra Leone, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Ay gibi güzel genç.

Sources 1

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Turay 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 Turay is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SL Sierra Leone#21≈27,000 est.≈1 in 24767Turay27
EG Egypt—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 55K—Turay10
US United States—1,3021 in 255K1.8KTuray233
MY Malaysia—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 27K—Turay7
TR Türkiye—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 74K—Turay14
GH Ghana—≈660 est.≈1 in 44K—Turay10
KW Kuwait—≈80 est.≈1 in 37K—Turay6

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; NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates. 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)

Turay is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Türay

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Türay

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom

    Also written Türay, Tūray

  • Bangla surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Türkiye

    Also written তুরায়

39 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)

190019502000József Turay, b. 1905Ida Turay, b. 1907András Turay, b. 1916Alfréd Turay, b. 1944Edward Turay, b. 1945Abdul Turay, b. 1967Aminata Turay, b. 1970Peter Turay, b. 1972Fatmata Turay, b. 1987

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 Turay,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Turay
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.8K#15,671
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.3K#20,408
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000791#28,407
SL Sierra LeoneNEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates201867#7
SL Sierra LeoneNEC/ECSL — 2012 parliamentary and Local Council nominated candidates201241#6
SL Sierra LeoneNEC/ECSL — 2012 Councillor and Ordinary-MP/PCMP results tables201238#6
SL Sierra LeoneECSL 2023 Nominated Candidates (Presidential/Mayoral/Chairperson)20234#3
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Turay?
A machine transcription gives /tɝeɪ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Turay mean?
Recorded meaning: Ay gibi güzel genç.
In which country does Turay have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Turay in Sierra Leone, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled turay.
How common is the name Turay?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,302 people named Turay in 2010, about 1 in 255 thousand residents.
How common is Turay compared with other names?
In Sierra Leone, Turay is the 21st most common surname of 628 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, “Turay” — the 21st most common surname in Sierra Leone. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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