Ah Lay Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ah Lay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Lay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ah Lay (117) may also be a first name.

Ah Lay Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ah Lay Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ah Lay is found most in Malaysia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ah Lay.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Lay? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Ah Lay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ah Lay live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Lay is also the 864,112th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 117 people.

The last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 2,268,787. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Johor, where 46 percent reside, Selangor, where 23 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Laye922/
Ah La911/
Ah Lai8342/
Ah Loy8317/
Ah Lat832/
Ah Lah832/
Ah Lea831/
Ah Lau831/
Ah Li734/
Ah-Ly731/
Ah Lee6798/
Ah Loi6722/
Ah Loe6711/
Ah Leh677/
Ah Lit675/
Ah Lui673/
Ah Let672/
Ah Lie671/
Ah Lou671/
Ah Led671/
Ah Les671/
Ah Lip671/
Ah-Loy671/
Ah Lieh621/
Ah-Loye621/
Ah Lipp620/
Ah-Loe507/
Ah-Lee501/

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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 Ah Lay
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