Leay Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Leay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 79 | 1:222,993 | 6,896 |
| England | 67 | 1:831,613 | 44,286 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Panama | 13 | 1:300,943 | 7,078 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 78 | 1:312,505 | 20,777 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 101 | 1:497,215 | 35,030 |
Leay (85) may also be a first name.
Leay Demographics
Average Leay Salary in
United States
$41,594 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leay is found most frequently in Chile. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Leay.
How Common Is The Last Name Leay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,067,497th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Leay are found; 34 percent are found in South America and 34 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent first name globally It is held by 85 people.
It is most commonly held in Chile, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 222,993. In Chile Leay is most common in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 38 percent live, Los Ríos Region, where 35 percent live and Araucanía Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Chile Leay exists in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent live and Liberia, where 10 percent live.
Leay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leay has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Leay last name decreased 14 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
Leay earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.6% less than the national average, earning $41,594 USD per year.
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Leay Reference & Research
Lay-Ley-Loy-Leh-Leig FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Leay
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis