Fly Surname

285,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Greenland

Fly Surname Definition:

A place near Gournay, in Normandy, once famous for its great abbey. It was anciently called Flagi. Chron. of Battel Abbey, p. 49.

Fly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6271:27,3034,104
Ivory Coast1181:195,5198,450
Iran1161:661,91835,516
Greenland1091:51788
Botswana941:23,2654,701
Denmark831:68,0096,785
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
England501:1,114,36153,243
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
China111:124,301,9616,553
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England611:399,59624,084
Wales271:58,0892,880
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8561:58,6676,499

Fly (1,075) may also be a first name.

Fly Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A place near Gournay, in Normandy, once famous for its great abbey. It was anciently called Flagi. Chron. of Battel Abbey, p. 49.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

"A place near Gournay, in Normandy, once famous for its great Abbey. It was anciently called Flagi, Chron. of Battel Abbey, p. 49."—Lower.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Fly or Flagium, Normandy (Lower). Robert, William, Henry de Flagie, Normandy, 1180- 95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Richard de F., 1198 (Ib.); Oda, Ralph, Roger Flie of England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Fly Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻠﻲ, Russian: Флы) is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fly click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fly? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fly is the 285,633rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,414,224 people. The surname Fly is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Fly reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 243,766th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 1,075 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Outside of Malawi this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent are found and Iran, where 9 percent are found.

Fly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fly has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Fly surname decreased 18 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Fly last name is chiefly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

Fly earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.76% less than the national average, earning R 235,824 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flay861,496/
Floy86393/
Fley86322/
Flyt8622/
Flyh8613/
Flyz864/
Fhly862/
Flyy862/
Flly862/
Hfly861/
Flhy861/
Vfly861/
Fløy861/
Flya860/
Fluy860/
Floyd7597,162/
Filly75641/
Felly75584/
Flahy75310/
Fluyt75287/
Fleys75252/
Åfløy7525/
Flyth7523/
Flayt7519/
Flays7517/
Floyt7512/
Fleyt757/
Flayh757/
Flioy757/
Flaya756/
Fleyz755/
Floys755/
Fluhy751/
Flysd751/
Flauy751/
Floyz751/
Flôyd751/
Fllay751/
Flley751/
Fluyd751/
Fluys751/
Pfley750/
Hfley750/
Fleyd750/
Flayd750/
Fleey750/
Flyht750/
Fellay671,967/
Filley671,135/
Fla67767/
Fle67758/
Filloy67746/
Felley67414/
Fli67150/
Flahey6767/
Flycht6759/
Floydd6745/
Flloyd6745/
Fehely6733/
Fleysh6730/
Flé6727/
Floyds679/
Fløyås678/
Flj677/
Fyllyp675/
Flooyd675/
Felløy674/
Flyuis674/
Ffloyd674/
Fillyp673/
Feelly673/
Fleyss673/
Fillay673/
Fillya672/
Flá672/
Felloy671/
Fleeyp671/
Wfloyd671/
Felliy671/
Flaych671/
Fhlley671/
Flê671/
Flayts671/
Fleeys670/
Fuilly670/
Floytd670/
Fielly670/

Fly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻓﻠﻲafly-
Fly in the Russian language
Флыfly-

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