Astray Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Astray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 465 | 1:100,542 | 8,208 |
| Argentina | 50 | 1:854,868 | 55,754 |
| Uruguay | 17 | 1:201,868 | 16,060 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Astray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Astray Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Astray has its highest incidence in Spain. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Astray? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 553,576th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Astray reside; 81 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 81 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Spain, where it is carried by 465 people, or 1 in 100,542. In Spain it is most common in: Galicia, where 78 percent are found, Madrid, where 11 percent are found and Asturias, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Spain this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 9 percent are found and Uruguay, where 3 percent are found.
Astray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Astray has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Astray
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