Valay Surname
Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname
Valay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,069 | 1:717,554 | 33,086 |
| Mexico | 142 | 1:874,128 | 12,199 |
| France | 95 | 1:699,187 | 88,446 |
| Belarus | 50 | 1:190,021 | 24,552 |
| Lithuania | 33 | 1:91,957 | 12,711 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Válay (44) are calculated separately.
Valay (484) may also be a first name.
Valay Demographics
Average Valay Salary in
United States
$78,681 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Valay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Valay (Hindi: वलय, Marathi: वलय, Russian: Валай) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Válay. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Valay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Valay is the 269,545th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,032,836 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Valay live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Valay is also the 386,404th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 484 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 1,069 people, or 1 in 717,554. In India Valay is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside and Haryana, where 0 percent reside. Besides India this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 10 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.
Valay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Valay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Valay last name grew 325 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Valay Last Name Statistics demography
Valay earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 82.35% more than the national average, earning $78,681 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Valay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valay in the Hindi language | ||
| वलय | valaya | 90 |
| वलाया | valaya | 10 |
| Valay in the Marathi language | ||
| वलय | valaya | 78.05 |
| वालय | valaya | 14.63 |
| वाळाय | valaya | 4.88 |
| वलाय | valaya | 2.44 |
| Valay in the Russian language | ||
| Валай | valaj | - |
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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 Valay
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