Family name Günay (Günay 
, Гюнай 
, Guenay 
) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The last name Günay is habitual in Turkey, where it is quite a common surname, Cyprus, where it is quite a rare surname, and Germany. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Germany, and Azerbaijan. Also, Günay is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Günay | Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Austria, Germany, Azerbaijan |
| Гюнай | Russia, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Guenay | Austria, Germany, United States, France |
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i̇zzet günay Turkish actor, TR (b. 1934) |
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ertuğrul günay Turkish politician, TR (b. 1948) |
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| selahattin günay (b. 1890) |
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| rahmi günay Turkish politician, TR (b. 1908) |
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| edip günay Turkish musicologist (1931-2010), TR (b. 1931) |
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ebrü günay kurdish politician in Turkey, TR (b. 1982) |
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| reha günay (b. 1937) |
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| engin günay Turkish actor, TR (b. 1952) |
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| veysel günay (b. 1948) |
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| atilla günay Turkish diplomat, TR (b. 1960) |
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| emine nur günay politician, TR (b. 1962) |
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| metin günay Turkish director, TR (b. 1963) |
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| mahmut günay (b. 1954) |
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| yusuf günay Turkish bureaucrat and sports executive, TR (b. 1965) |
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| ayşegül günay Turkish actor, TR (b. 1969) |
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