Belayi Surname
Approximately 2,504 people bear this surname
Belayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,415 | 1:40,392 | 4,505 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Belayi (1,974) may also be a first name.
Belayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Belayi occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 171,863rd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,910,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Belayi reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Belayi is also the 170,373rd most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 1,974 people.
The surname Belayi is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,415 people, or 1 in 40,392. Beside Ethiopia Belayi occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Belayi
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