Balaye Surname
Approximately 1,056 people bear this surname
Balaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 370 | 1:179,521 | 27,974 |
| Philippines | 332 | 1:304,934 | 43,036 |
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Iran | 22 | 1:3,490,115 | 99,764 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Balayé (3) are calculated separately.
Balaye (131) may also be a first name.
Balaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balaye (Marathi: बालये) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Balayé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 346,411th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,901,085 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 38 percent of Balaye are found; 35 percent are found in Western Europe and 35 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Balaye is also the 811,108th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 131 people.
It is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 179,521. In France Balaye is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 49 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 41 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 5 percent live. Outside of France this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balaye in the Marathi language | ||
| बालये | balaye | 51.61 |
| बलाये | balaye | 45.16 |
| बालाये | balaye | 3.23 |
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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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- 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 Balaye
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