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 in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Challay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Challay reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne 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. Excluding Liberia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found 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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