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 surname Gaylay (Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས།) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gaylay.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaylay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaylay is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Gaylay reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 67 percent reside, Grand Cape Mount County, where 11 percent reside and Lofa County, where 11 percent reside. Other than Liberia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Bhutan, where 25 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.
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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