Alamay Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Alamay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 221 | 1:458,092 | 55,782 |
| Afghanistan | 113 | 1:284,541 | 4,597 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Alamay (89) may also be a first name.
Alamay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alamay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alamay (Arabic: المعى, Marathi: आलमाय, Oriya: ଆଲମୟ, Russian: Аламай) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alamay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 799,576th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Alamay are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,011,231st most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 89 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 458,092. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Ilocos, where 67 percent live, Calabarzon, where 12 percent live and Cagayan Valley, where 6 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 32 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alamay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alamay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲମୟ | alamaya | - |
| Alamay in the Marathi language | ||
| आलमाय | alamaya | 25 |
| अलमाय | alamaya | 25 |
| अलमरू | alamaru | 25 |
| आलामाय | alamaya | 25 |
| Alamay in the Russian language | ||
| Аламай | alamaj | - |
| Alamay in the Arabic language | ||
| المعى | almy | - |
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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 Alamay
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