Philay Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Philay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 496 | 1:1,546,503 | 57,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Philay (51) may also be a first name.
Philay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Philay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Philay (Hindi: फिलया) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Philay.
How Common Is The Last Name Philay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 618,896th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name Philay occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Philay live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Philay is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 51 people.
The last name Philay is most frequent in India, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 1,546,503. In India Philay is most common in: Gujarat, where 99 percent live and Haryana, where 1 percent live. Barring India Philay occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Philay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Philay in the Hindi language | ||
| फिलया | philaya | - |
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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 Philay
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