de Laey Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Laey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Laey 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
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

de Laey Last Name Facts

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

de Laey is most common in Belgium. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of de Laey.

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

The last name de Laey is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name de Laey is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of de Laey reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 718,540. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 56 percent are found, Flemish Region, where 31 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Belgium this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 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 Lae921/
de Laet864,312/
de Leye86178/
de Loey867/
De Laie861/
de Laed861/
de Laes861/
de Laje861/
de Leay860/
de Laedt8011/
de Laâge807/
de Leaes806/
de Laeth806/
de Leyja802/
de Laett801/
de Leahy801/
de Laest801/
de Layay801/
de Leu77267/
de Loe7731/
de Lahaye7545/
de Lahoya754/
de Loye7125/
de Loes7112/
de Lowe7112/
Da Laie719/
da Laje713/
da Laet711/
de Loua711/
de Loer711/
de Leija67814/
de Louya674/
de Leais672/
de Loeij672/
de Luehi671/
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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 Laey
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