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
Schlay is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schlay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Schlay is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Schlay are found; 72 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 1,712,882. In Germany Schlay is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 72 percent reside and Bavaria, where 28 percent reside. Barring Germany this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.
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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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