Chelay Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Chelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chelay (15) may also be a first name.
Chelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chelay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﻼﻱ) occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelay? popularity and diffusion
Chelay is the 3,323,005th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Chelay reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
It is most widely held in France, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,656,909. In France it is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 44 percent live, Île-de-France, where 40 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 4 percent live. Not including France Chelay occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent live and Liberia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﻼﻱ | ashlay | - |
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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 Chelay
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