Balvay Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Balvay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 303 | 1:219,217 | 34,056 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Balvay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balvay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balvay is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Balvay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balvay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 868,551st most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Balvay live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 219,217. In France it is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 39 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 31 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 15 percent are found. Barring France this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 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 Balvay
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