Fleay Surname

466,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Fleay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fleay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia7051:38,2924,979
England91:6,190,895170,599
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234

Fleay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fleay is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fleay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fleay? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 466,165th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,093,554 people. The last name Fleay occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Fleay reside; 98 percent reside in Australasia and 98 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is held by 705 people, or 1 in 38,292. In Australia Fleay is primarily concentrated in: Western Australia, where 89 percent live, Victoria, where 8 percent live and Queensland, where 2 percent live. Other than Australia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Fleay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fleay has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Filleay831/
Flaye8097/
Fluey8016/
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Fleah804/
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Fleye801/
Flauy801/
Fleey800/
Flahey7367/
Flieau734/
Flajay733/
Fleija733/
Flejah731/
Fillea731/
Flesea731/
Flayea731/
Floyea730/
Flieas730/
Flye671,967/
Flie67554/
Flayyih6744/
Flae6741/
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Flaheat672/
Flaiyah671/
Flechea671/
Fleiyeh671/
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Fleseia671/
Flje671/
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Filliea670/
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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 Fleay
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