de Blay Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Blay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Blay Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium971:118,52217,481
France551:1,207,686126,065
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Blaÿ (5) are calculated separately.

de Blay Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Blay Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Blay is found most frequently in Belgium. It can occur as a variant: de Blaÿ. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Blay? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Blay is the 1,353,468th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of de Blay reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

de Blay is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 118,522. In Belgium de Blay is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 30 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 34 percent are found and Mozambique, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Blaÿ955/
de Blaay9350/
de Blaye933/
de Bly923/
de Bla921/
de Blas865,464/
de Bley8619/
de Blaz868/
de Blad861/
de Blau861/
de Blat861/
de Blah860/
de Bella80424/
de Billy80228/
de Bleye8031/
de Belly8014/
de Blass8012/
de Blooy805/
de Blaas801/
de Blais801/
de Vla772/
de Ble771/
de Belloy75114/
de Blaaij7588/
de Bellas759/
de Belley751/
de Bellaz751/
de Biella751/
de Villay751/
de Biolley71272/
di Blas71171/
de Vlas71162/
de Blij71116/
de Bles7188/
de Bloe7127/
de Bleu7115/
de Blis714/
de Bled713/
de Vlad711/
De-Blas711/
de Villa6720,911/
di Bella6714,145/
de Blois67987/
de Belli67119/
de Belle6783/
da Bella6736/
de Willy6711/
de Vella676/
de Bille675/
De-Bella671/
des Bles671/
de Bleus670/
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Footnotes

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