Choay Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Choay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micronesia | 174 | 1:611 | 152 |
| France | 87 | 1:763,480 | 93,619 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Choay (19) may also be a first name.
Choay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Choay is more commonly found in Micronesia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Choay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 959,117th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Choay are found; 64 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 64 percent are found in Micronesia. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname is most widespread in Micronesia, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 611. In Micronesia it is most common in: Yap, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Micronesia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 32 percent are found and Cambodia, where 1 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 Choay
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