Gatay Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Gatay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 151 | 1:5,079,903 | 126,627 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gátay (16) are calculated separately.
Gatay (103) may also be a first name.
Gatay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gatay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻄﺎﻱ, Hindi: गटया, Marathi: गताय) occurs most in India. It may occur as: Gátay. For other possible spellings of Gatay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 948,111th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Gatay reside; 56 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 930,172nd most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 103 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 5,079,903. In India it is most frequent in: Madhya Pradesh, where 54 percent are found and Gujarat, where 46 percent are found. Outside of India this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in France, where 30 percent are found and Liberia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gatay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gatay in the Marathi language | ||
| गताय | gataya | - |
| Gatay in the Hindi language | ||
| गटया | gataya | 65.22 |
| गतया | gataya | 15.22 |
| गाटया | gataya | 10.87 |
| गीता | gita | 4.35 |
| गटाया | gataya | 2.17 |
| गाटय | gataya | 2.17 |
| Gatay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻄﺎﻱ | ktay | 50 |
| ﻗﻄﺎﻱ | qtay | 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 Gatay
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