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 most common in Australia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fleay? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 466,165th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,093,554 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Fleay are found; 98 percent are found in Australasia and 98 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most common in Australia, where it is carried by 705 people, or 1 in 38,292. In Australia Fleay is primarily found in: Western Australia, where 89 percent live, Victoria, where 8 percent live and Queensland, where 2 percent live. Not including Australia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Fleay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fleay has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Flea89322/
Flehaya831/
Filleay831/
Flaye8097/
Fluey8016/
Fleha8013/
Floey8010/
Fleuy805/
Fleyi805/
Fleah804/
Fleja802/
Fleye801/
Flauy801/
Fleey800/
Flahey7367/
Flieau734/
Flajay733/
Fleija733/
Flejah731/
Fillea731/
Flesea731/
Flayea731/
Floyea730/
Flieas730/
Flye671,967/
Flie67554/
Flayyih6744/
Flae6741/
Fleaher678/
Flaheat672/
Flaiyah671/
Flechea671/
Fleiyeh671/
Fleștea671/
Fleseia671/
Flje671/
Flyj671/
Flayais670/
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
  • 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 Fleay
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