Chalay Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Chalay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 210 | 1:365,631 | 24,112 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Chalay (167) may also be a first name.
Chalay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chalay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chalay (Hindi: चलाय, Marathi: चालाय, Oriya: ଚାଲାୟ, Russian: Чалай, Tibetan: ཆ་་ལི་) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chalay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chalay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,052,587th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Chalay reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 708,111th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 167 people.
It is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 365,631. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 32 percent live, Alborz Province, where 20 percent live and Fars Province, where 15 percent live. Outside of Iran this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 3 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chalay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chalay in the Hindi language | ||
| चलाय | calaya | - |
| Chalay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାଲାୟ | calaya | - |
| Chalay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆ་་ལི་ | chali | 50 |
| ཚ་ལེ་ | tsalé | 50 |
| Chalay in the Marathi language | ||
| चालाय | calaya | 40 |
| चलाय | calaya | 40 |
| चलय | calaya | 20 |
| Chalay in the Russian language | ||
| Чалай | calaj | - |
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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 Chalay
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