Gaylek Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Gaylek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 5 | 1:123,208 | 891 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gaylek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaylek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaylek (Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས།) occurs most in Bhutan. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaylek? popularity and diffusion
Gaylek is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gaylek reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia.
The last name Gaylek is most prevalent in Bhutan, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 123,208. In Bhutan Gaylek is most numerous in: Lhuntse District, where 60 percent live, Trashigang District, where 20 percent live and Trongsa District, where 20 percent live. Excluding Bhutan this last name exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaylek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaylek in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ལེགས། | gelek | 60 |
| དགེ་ལེགས་ | gelek | 20 |
| དགེ་་ལེགས། | gélek | 20 |
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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 Gaylek
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