El Tay Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Tay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Tay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon101:563,70813,499
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372

El Tay Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Tay Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Tay is found most in Lebanon. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Tay? popularity and diffusion

The last name El Tay is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Tay live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 53 percent live in Levant.

El Tay is most frequently held in Lebanon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 563,708. In Lebanon El Tay is mostly concentrated in: Beirut Governorate, where 60 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 20 percent live and North Governorate, where 20 percent live. Not including Lebanon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 26 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 21 percent live.

El Tay Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the El Tay surname is predominantly Syriac Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.

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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 El Tay
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