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

Glaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name Glaye is the 2,506,728^th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Glaye reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Glaye is also the 3,684,242^nd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 10 people.

Glaye is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 80,155. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 38 percent are found, Nimba County, where 27 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 13 percent are found. Barring Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.

Glaye Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Glaye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Glaye last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.