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
The last name Falay (Hindi: फ़ालय, Russian: Фалай) occurs most in Turkey. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Falay.
How Common Is The Last Name Falay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 232,743rd most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,202,737 people. The last name Falay is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Falay are found; 59 percent are found in West Asia and 59 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 784,558th most common first name worldwide It is held by 139 people.
The surname Falay is most frequent in Turkey, where it is held by 1,273 people, or 1 in 61,132. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 8 percent are found and Hatay Province, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Turkey Falay is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
Falay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Falay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Falay surname declined 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
- 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 Falay
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