Lay Yee Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Lay Yee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Lay Yee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lay Yee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lay Yee is more commonly found in Singapore than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lay Yee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Lay Yee occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Lay Yee live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia.
Lay Yee is most frequently occurring in Singapore, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,376,926. Excluding Singapore this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 17 percent are found and Thailand, where 17 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
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- 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 Lay Yee
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