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
The last name Balay (Bengali: বলয়, Hindi: बलाय, Marathi: बालाय, Oriya: ବାଲାୟ, Russian: Балай, Tibetan: བཱ་ལས་) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Balaÿ. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 71,269th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,051,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Balay are found; 27 percent are found in South Asia and 27 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Balay is also the 203,712th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,463 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 1,807 people, or 1 in 424,497. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 95 percent live, Odisha, where 2 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Not including India this surname occurs in 61 countries. It is also common in France, where 20 percent live and Turkey, where 15 percent live.
Balay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Balay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Balay surname grew 1,576 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 211 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Balay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Catholic (43%) in Belarus and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Balay are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% being registered to vote for 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
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