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
Forlay is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forlay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Forlay are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 706,625. In France Forlay is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 56 percent are found, Brittany, where 23 percent are found and Occitanie, where 16 percent are found. Beside France it occurs in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
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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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