Sanlay Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Sanlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sanlay (103) may also be a first name.
Sanlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanlay is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanlay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Sanlay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Sanlay reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Sanlay is also the 930,172nd most frequently held first name globally It is held by 103 people.
The surname Sanlay is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia Sanlay is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Liberia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and India, where 8 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
- 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 Sanlay
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