Masallay Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Masallay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Masallay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masallay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Masallay is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Masallay.
How Common Is The Last Name Masallay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Masallay is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Masallay is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Masallay live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
Masallay is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 67 percent are found, Grand Cape Mount County, where 11 percent are found and Lofa County, where 11 percent are found. Barring Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 10 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 Masallay
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