Galiye Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Galiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Galiye (262) may also be a first name.
Galiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﻟﻴﻪ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galiye is the 2,580,327th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Galiye occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Galiye are found; 48 percent are found in Central Africa and 48 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Galiye is also the 549,774th most numerous forename globally, borne by 262 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Not including The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 46 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﻟﻴﻪ | qalyh | 50 |
| ﻗﻠﻴﺔ | qlyt | 16.67 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﻴﺔ | qalyt | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻟﻴﻪ | alghalyh | 16.67 |
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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 Galiye
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