Gaylah Surname
Approximately 786 people bear this surname
Gaylah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 779 | 1:5,659 | 684 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gaylah (26) may also be a first name.
Gaylah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaylah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaylah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaylah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaylah is the 436,668th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. The last name Gaylah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gaylah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 779 people, or 1 in 5,659. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 59 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 20 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gaylah
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