Backlay Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Backlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Backlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Backlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Backlay is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Backlay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Backlay is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Backlay live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Bong County, where 86 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 14 percent are found. Barring Liberia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Backlay
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