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 found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Falay? popularity and diffusion
Falay is the 232,743rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,202,737 people. The surname Falay is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 139 people.
The surname Falay is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,273 people, or 1 in 61,132. In Turkey Falay is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 27 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 8 percent reside and Hatay Province, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 percent reside.
Falay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Falay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Falay last name contracted 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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