Galaye Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Galaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 227 | 1:52,131 | 675 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galaye (1,885) may also be a first name.
Galaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ, Marathi: गलये) occurs more in Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,044,719th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. Galaye is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Galaye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 175,160th most numerous first name internationally, held by 1,885 people.
The surname is most frequent in Guinea, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 52,131. In Guinea Galaye is most frequent in: Nzérékoré Region, where 99 percent are found, Boké Region, where 0 percent are found and Kankan Region, where 0 percent are found. Other than Guinea this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻱ | klay | 75 |
| ﻛﺎﻻﻱ | kalay | 25 |
| Galaye in the Marathi language | ||
| गलये | galaye | 66.67 |
| गाळये | galaye | 33.33 |
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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 Galaye
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