How common is the surname Kaya?

1,455 people in the United States had the surname Kaya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kaya?

In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Kaya identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

How do you pronounce Kaya?

Kaya is /ˈkæ.jə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kaya getting more or less common?

More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, up 26%.

Is Kaya also a first name?

Yes. Kaya is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kaya

A surname, carried by 1,455 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæ.jə/ 2 syllables Soundex K000 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaya is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,455 people named Kaya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,156.

#18,819

rank among US surnames

1,455

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+25.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,156)

Who is named Kaya

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

56% of people named Kaya identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Asian and Pacific Islander 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.1%
Two or more races 5.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaya

Kaya has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.

Questions

How common is the surname Kaya?: 1,455 people in the United States had the surname Kaya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaya?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Kaya identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Kaya?: Kaya is /ˈkæ.jə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kaya getting more or less common?: More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, up 26%.
Is Kaya also a first name?: Yes. Kaya is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.