Delay Surname
Approximately 8,235 people bear this surname
Delay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,409 | 1:82,209 | 9,346 |
| France | 1,840 | 1:36,099 | 4,417 |
| Switzerland | 358 | 1:22,941 | 3,626 |
| Philippines | 341 | 1:296,886 | 42,287 |
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| Canada | 210 | 1:175,455 | 17,539 |
| Brazil | 202 | 1:1,059,774 | 37,226 |
| Israel | 158 | 1:54,162 | 7,046 |
| England | 136 | 1:409,692 | 28,019 |
| Belgium | 84 | 1:136,865 | 19,611 |
| Argentina | 58 | 1:736,955 | 49,943 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Turkey | 27 | 1:2,882,275 | 84,327 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 137 | 1:177,922 | 14,779 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 771 | 1:65,134 | 7,100 |
Delay (330) may also be a first name.
Delay Demographics
Average Male Delay Height
175.41 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Delay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Delay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Delay (Arabic: ارجاء, Hindi: डेलया, Tibetan: བདེ་ལེགས།) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Delay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Delay is the 61,072nd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 884,948 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Delay reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 482,193rd most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 330 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 4,409 people, or 1 in 82,209. In The United States Delay is mostly found in: Georgia, where 11 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in France, where 22 percent are found and Switzerland, where 4 percent are found.
Delay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Delay has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 572 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 1 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Delay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Delay last name are 17.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.46% being registered with the party.
The amount Delay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.54% more than the national average, earning $44,678 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.91% less than the national average, earning $45,258 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Delay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Delay in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདེ་ལེགས། | delek | - |
| Delay in the Hindi language | ||
| डेलया | delaya | - |
| Delay in the Arabic language | ||
| ارجاء | arja | - |
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Delay Reference & Research
Lay-Ley-Loy-Leh-Leig FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Delay
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