Forlay Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Forlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 94 | 1:706,625 | 89,060 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Forlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Forlay has its highest incidence in France. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Forlay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Forlay is the 1,894,523rd most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Forlay live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most frequent in France, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 706,625. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 56 percent reside, Brittany, where 23 percent reside and Occitanie, where 16 percent reside. Not including France this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Forlay
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