Swalay Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Swalay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Swalay (58) may also be a first name.
Swalay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swalay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swalay (Hindi: स्वालैय) is found most frequently in Liberia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Swalay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Swalay occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Swalay live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most common first name worldwide, held by 58 people.
The last name Swalay is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 183,689. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 54 percent are found, Lofa County, where 33 percent are found and Bong County, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent are found and Ghana, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Swalay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Swalay in the Hindi language | ||
| स्वालैय | svalaiya | - |
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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 Swalay
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