de Jay Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

de Jay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Jay 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
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

de Jay (12) may also be a first name.

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de Jay Demographics

Average de Jay Salary in
South Africa

R 5,700

Per year
Rank:
197,148 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
4.54891E-7
Rank: 197,166 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
2.4%
Sample size: 2 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

de Jay Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Jay occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of de Jay reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 12 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 3,186,924. In South Africa de Jay is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 53 percent live, Northern Cape, where 35 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

de Jay Last Name Statistics demography

de Jay earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 97.6% less than the national average, earning R 5,700 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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de Hojas713/
des Hays712/
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de Cea67333/
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de Hoy67100/
de Zea6757/
de Sau6738/
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de Jiz6727/
de Yoe6725/
de Sea6722/
de Jee6715/
de Jes6713/
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des Hayes6710/
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de Coy676/
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da Jha673/
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di Joy672/
de Yap672/
de Zai672/
de Céa672/
de Yee672/
de Hai672/
da Jia672/
di Jha671/
de Yah671/
der Sa671/
de Haa671/
de Sáa671/
de Zaá671/
de Yep671/
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de Séa671/
de Dje671/
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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 de Jay
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