The Belay surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 518 people carried this name — #39,885 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 202 people named Belay.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Ain.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
137 people named Belay live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Belay.
- Belair 1,599 · U.S. census
- Belaire 447 · U.S. census
- Belan 339 · U.S. census
- Belanger 12,634 · U.S. census
- Belardi 177 · U.S. census
- Belardinelli 147 · U.S. census
- Belcastro 1,066 · U.S. census
- Belda 188 · U.S. census
- Beldon 348 · U.S. census
- Bele 120 · U.S. census
- Belec 187 · U.S. census
- Belen 1,212 · U.S. census
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