Abelay Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Abelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 110 | 1:920,347 | 82,471 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abelay (13) may also be a first name.
Abelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abelay occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Abelay.
How Common Is The Last Name Abelay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,596,935th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Abelay reside; 87 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 920,347. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Western Visayas, where 63 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 11 percent live and National Capital Region, where 9 percent live. Not including The Philippines this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 9 percent live and Israel, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abelay
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