Falay Surname
Approximately 1,734 people bear this surname
Falay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,273 | 1:61,132 | 5,848 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Falay (139) may also be a first name.
Falay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Falay (Hindi: फ़ालय, Russian: Фалай) is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Falay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 232,743rd most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,202,737 people. The surname Falay occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Falay live; 59 percent live in West Asia and 59 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Falay is also the 784,558th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 139 people.
The surname Falay is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 1,273 people, or 1 in 61,132. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 8 percent are found and Hatay Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Turkey this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
Falay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Falay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Falay last name decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Falay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Falay in the Hindi language | ||
| फ़ालय | falaya | - |
| Falay in the Russian language | ||
| Фалай | falaj | - |
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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
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- 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 Falay
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