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 more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Gátay. For other possible spellings of Gatay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 948,111th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Gatay reside; 56 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gatay is also the 930,172nd most widely held forename globally It is held by 103 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 5,079,903. In India it is mostly found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 54 percent reside and Gujarat, where 46 percent reside. Not including India this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 30 percent reside and Liberia, where 5 percent reside.
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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