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 last name Chelay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﻼﻱ) is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,656,909. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 44 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 40 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 4 percent are found. Apart from France this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent are found and Liberia, where 6 percent are found.
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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