Fly Surname
Approximately 1,346 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Ivory Coast | 118 | 1:195,519 | 8,450 |
| Iran | 116 | 1:661,918 | 35,516 |
| Greenland | 109 | 1:517 | 88 |
| Botswana | 94 | 1:23,265 | 4,701 |
| Denmark | 83 | 1:68,009 | 6,785 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 61 | 1:399,596 | 24,084 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:58,089 | 2,880 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 856 | 1:58,667 | 6,499 |
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.
"A place near Gournay, in Normandy, once famous for its great Abbey. It was anciently called Flagi, Chron. of Battel Abbey, p. 49."—Lower.
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).
Fly Demographics
Fly Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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) occurs most in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fly? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 285,633rd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,414,224 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Fly are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 243,766th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,075 people.
It is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Beside Malawi Fly is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent live and Iran, where 9 percent live.
Fly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fly has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Fly surname decreased 18 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Fly last name is primarily 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flay | 86 | 1,496 | / |
| Floy | 86 | 393 | / |
| Fley | 86 | 322 | / |
| Flyt | 86 | 22 | / |
| Flyh | 86 | 13 | / |
| Flyz | 86 | 4 | / |
| Fhly | 86 | 2 | / |
| Flyy | 86 | 2 | / |
| Flly | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hfly | 86 | 1 | / |
| Flhy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vfly | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fløy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Flya | 86 | 0 | / |
| Fluy | 86 | 0 | / |
| Floyd | 75 | 97,162 | / |
| Filly | 75 | 641 | / |
| Felly | 75 | 584 | / |
| Flahy | 75 | 310 | / |
| Fluyt | 75 | 287 | / |
| Fleys | 75 | 252 | / |
| Åfløy | 75 | 25 | / |
| Flyth | 75 | 23 | / |
| Flayt | 75 | 19 | / |
| Flays | 75 | 17 | / |
| Floyt | 75 | 12 | / |
| Fleyt | 75 | 7 | / |
| Flayh | 75 | 7 | / |
| Flioy | 75 | 7 | / |
| Flaya | 75 | 6 | / |
| Fleyz | 75 | 5 | / |
| Floys | 75 | 5 | / |
| Fluhy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Flysd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Flauy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Floyz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Flôyd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fllay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Flley | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fluyd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fluys | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfley | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hfley | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fleyd | 75 | 0 | / |
| Flayd | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fleey | 75 | 0 | / |
| Flyht | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fellay | 67 | 1,967 | / |
| Filley | 67 | 1,135 | / |
| Fla | 67 | 767 | / |
| Fle | 67 | 758 | / |
| Filloy | 67 | 746 | / |
| Felley | 67 | 414 | / |
| Fli | 67 | 150 | / |
| Flahey | 67 | 67 | / |
| Flycht | 67 | 59 | / |
| Floydd | 67 | 45 | / |
| Flloyd | 67 | 45 | / |
| Fehely | 67 | 33 | / |
| Fleysh | 67 | 30 | / |
| Flé | 67 | 27 | / |
| Floyds | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fløyås | 67 | 8 | / |
| Flj | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fyllyp | 67 | 5 | / |
| Flooyd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Felløy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Flyuis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ffloyd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fillyp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Feelly | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fleyss | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fillay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fillya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Flá | 67 | 2 | / |
| Felloy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fleeyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wfloyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Felliy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flaych | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhlley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flê | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flayts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fleeys | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fuilly | 67 | 0 | / |
| Floytd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fielly | 67 | 0 | / |
Fly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﻠﻲ | afly | - |
| Fly in the Russian language | ||
| Флы | fly | - |
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