Challay Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Challay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Challay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Challay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Challay is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Challay.
How Common Is The Last Name Challay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Challay is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Challay live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
Challay is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia Challay is mostly concentrated in: Lofa County, where 88 percent live, Montserrado County, where 6 percent live and Sinoe County, where 6 percent live. Other than Liberia Challay is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 5 percent live and France, where 5 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 Challay
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