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

Ah Lay is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name Ah Lay is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ah Lay are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 864,112th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 117 people.

The surname Ah Lay is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 2,268,787. In Malaysia Ah Lay is primarily found in: Johor, where 46 percent are found, Selangor, where 23 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 8 percent are found.

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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