Zellay Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Zellay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 119 | 1:37,047 | 3,427 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zellay (12) may also be a first name.
Zellay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zellay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zellay occurs most in Liberia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Zellay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zellay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,658,108th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zellay live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 12 people.
The surname Zellay is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 37,047. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 92 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 7 percent reside and Bong County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Zellay
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