Balay Surname
Approximately 6,929 people bear this surname
Balay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,807 | 1:424,497 | 22,216 |
| France | 1,400 | 1:47,445 | 6,120 |
| Turkey | 1,057 | 1:73,625 | 6,826 |
| Philippines | 729 | 1:138,873 | 23,454 |
| Russia | 552 | 1:261,092 | 27,443 |
| United States | 457 | 1:793,127 | 61,249 |
| Belarus | 158 | 1:60,133 | 10,102 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Argentina | 98 | 1:436,157 | 32,981 |
| Canada | 70 | 1:526,366 | 44,416 |
| Spain | 60 | 1:779,201 | 32,544 |
| Uruguay | 49 | 1:70,036 | 7,400 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Nepal | 38 | 1:749,499 | 5,277 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Northern Cyprus | 17 | 1:18,765 | 4,655 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 17 | 1:80,234 | 5,870 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Jamaica | 9 | 1:318,883 | 8,136 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Cambodia | 9 | 1:1,720,794 | 6,732 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
The alternate forms: Balaÿ (81) are calculated separately.
Balay (1,463) may also be a first name.
Balay Demographics
Balay Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Balay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balay (Bengali: বলয়, Hindi: बलाय, Marathi: बालाय, Oriya: ବାଲାୟ, Russian: Балай, Tibetan: བཱ་ལས་) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Balaÿ. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 71,269th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,051,746 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Balay reside; 27 percent reside in South Asia and 27 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 203,712th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,463 people.
The surname is most widespread in India, where it is held by 1,807 people, or 1 in 424,497. In India Balay is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 95 percent reside, Odisha, where 2 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Other than India this surname is found in 61 countries. It is also common in France, where 20 percent reside and Turkey, where 15 percent reside.
Balay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Balay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balay surname rose 1,576 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 211 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Balay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Catholic (43%) in Belarus and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Balay last name are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% being registered with the political party.
The amount Balay earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 1381.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 287,118 per year; in South Africa they earn 226.08% more than the national average, earning R 774,888 per year; in United States they earn 1.37% more than the national average, earning $43,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.19% less than the national average, earning $48,099 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balay in the Bengali language | ||
| বলয় | balaya | 66.67 |
| বাল্য | balya | 33.33 |
| Balay in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཱ་ལས་ | balé | 60 |
| བྷ་ལེ། | bhalé | 20 |
| བཱ་ལེགས་ | balek | 20 |
| Balay in the Marathi language | ||
| बालाय | balaya | 51.28 |
| बालय | balaya | 19.23 |
| बलाय | balaya | 11.54 |
| बाळाय | balaya | 7.69 |
| बलय | balaya | 5.13 |
| बाळय | balaya | 2.56 |
| Balay in the Hindi language | ||
| बलाय | balaya | 30.77 |
| बालय | balaya | 23.08 |
| बलाया | balaya | 23.08 |
| बालाय | balaya | 15.38 |
| बलय | balaya | 7.69 |
| Balay in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଲାୟ | balaya | 30.69 |
| ବାଳାୟ | balaya | 25.74 |
| ବଳୟ | balaya | 19.8 |
| ବଲାୟ | balaya | 13.86 |
| ବାଳାଏ | bala'e | 1.98 |
| ବଳାୟ | balaya | 0.99 |
| ବଲୟ | balaya | 0.99 |
| ବାେଲ | baela | 0.99 |
| Balay in the Russian language | ||
| Балай | balaj | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Balay
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