Chapalay Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Chapalay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 151 | 1:54,390 | 7,022 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Chapalay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chapalay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chapalay is found in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chapalay.
How Common Is The Last Name Chapalay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chapalay is the 1,415,499th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Chapalay is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Chapalay reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 54,390. In Switzerland it is most frequent in: Canton of Vaud, where 89 percent reside, Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 5 percent reside and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chapalay
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