Where Does The Last Name Gerlay Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Gerlay has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gerlay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerlay? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 4,532,898^th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gerlay reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Gerlay is also the 1,614,485^th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 40 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 88 percent are found, Bong County, where 6 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 6 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Gerlay Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Gerlay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerlay last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.