Cholay Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Cholay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 86 | 1:772,357 | 94,336 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Cholay (27) may also be a first name.
Cholay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cholay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cholay (Tibetan: ཆོས་ལེགས་) is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cholay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname Cholay occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Cholay are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Cholay is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 27 people.
Cholay is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 772,357. In France Cholay is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 43 percent are found, Centre-Val de Loire, where 31 percent are found and Grand Est, where 19 percent are found. Not including France this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cholay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cholay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་ལེགས་ | chölek | 50 |
| ཆོས་ལས་ | chölé | 50 |
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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 Cholay
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