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
Cholay (Tibetan: ཆོས་ལེགས་) occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cholay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name Cholay is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Cholay are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 27 people.
The last name is most common in France, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 772,357. In France Cholay is most prevalent 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. Excluding France it occurs 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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