Vellay Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Vellay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 187 | 1:355,202 | 53,191 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Vellay (11) may also be a first name.
Vellay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vellay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vellay is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vellay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,101,507th most numerous surname internationally, held by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Vellay reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Vellay is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 11 people.
The surname Vellay is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 355,202. In France Vellay is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 68 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 14 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 7 percent are found. Other than France this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 4 percent are found and England, where 3 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
- 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 Vellay
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