Schlay Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Schlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Schlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schlay occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Schlay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schlay is the 2,333,370th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Schlay live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 1,712,882. In Germany Schlay is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 72 percent are found and Bavaria, where 28 percent are found. Apart from Germany Schlay occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 7 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
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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 Schlay
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