Jaygbay Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Jaygbay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 70 | 1:62,979 | 5,477 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Jaygbay (11) may also be a first name.
Jaygbay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaygbay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jaygbay is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaygbay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Jaygbay reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Jaygbay is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 11 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 62,979. In Liberia it is most common in: Lofa County, where 50 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 49 percent are found and Nimba County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 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 Jaygbay
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