Fáy Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Fáy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 345 | 1:28,453 | 3,142 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fay (39,111) & Faÿ (26) are calculated separately.
Fáy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fáy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fáy is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Fay or Faÿ. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fáy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fáy is the 783,439th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fáy reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname Fáy is most frequent in Hungary, where it is carried by 345 people, or 1 in 28,453. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 47 percent reside, Bács-Kiskun County, where 10 percent reside and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Hungary Fáy is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 3 percent reside and Romania, where 1 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 Fáy
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