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 carried by more people in Singapore than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lay Yee? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Lay Yee reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Sinio-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most frequent in Singapore, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,376,926. Barring Singapore this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 17 percent live.
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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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