Balaÿ Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Balaÿ Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Balay (6,929) are calculated separately.
Balaÿ Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaÿ Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balaÿ has its highest incidence in France. It may occur as: Balay. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaÿ? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,091,648th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Balaÿ is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Balaÿ reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 885,636. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 75 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 3 percent reside. Aside from France Balaÿ exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Balaÿ
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