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 surname Challay occurs most in Liberia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Challay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia Challay is primarily found in: Lofa County, where 88 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 6 percent are found and Sinoe County, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Liberia Challay exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 5 percent are found and France, where 5 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 Challay
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