Gaylay Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gaylay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 1:154,010 | 967 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Gaylay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaylay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaylay (Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས།) is found most frequently in Liberia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gaylay.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaylay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Gaylay live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia Gaylay is most common in: Nimba County, where 67 percent live, Grand Cape Mount County, where 11 percent live and Lofa County, where 11 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Bhutan, where 25 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaylay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaylay in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ལེགས། | gelek | 71.43 |
| དགེ་ལེགས་ | gelek | 14.29 |
| དགའ་ལེགས | galek | 14.29 |
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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 Gaylay
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