Ferlay Surname
Approximately 1,470 people bear this surname
Ferlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,438 | 1:46,191 | 5,927 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ferlay (52) may also be a first name.
Ferlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ferlay is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferlay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 265,986th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,957,514 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Ferlay reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 52 people.
Ferlay is most frequent in France, where it is held by 1,438 people, or 1 in 46,191. In France Ferlay is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 79 percent live, Île-de-France, where 5 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 4 percent live. Not including France Ferlay is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ferlay
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