Gelay Surname
Approximately 869 people bear this surname
Gelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 387 | 1:261,597 | 38,646 |
| France | 166 | 1:400,137 | 58,863 |
| Belarus | 62 | 1:153,243 | 21,008 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Bhutan | 22 | 1:28,002 | 527 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gelay (1,224) may also be a first name.
Gelay Demographics
Average Gelay Salary in
United States
$47,596 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ, Russian: Гелай, Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས་) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gelay.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 403,615th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,386,129 people. The last name Gelay is primarily found in Asia, where 48 percent of Gelay are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 44 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 226,170th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 1,224 people.
The last name Gelay is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 261,597. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Central Visayas, where 43 percent reside, Soccsksargen, where 28 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 10 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this surname is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent reside and Belarus, where 7 percent reside.
Gelay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gelay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gelay last name rose 525 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gelay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (57%) in Belarus.
Gelay earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.31% more than the national average, earning $47,596 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻱ | klay | 85.71 |
| ﻗﻼﻱ | qlay | 7.14 |
| ﻛﻼﻯ | klay | 7.14 |
| Gelay in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ལེགས་ | gelek | 64.71 |
| དགེ་ལེགས། | gelek | 29.41 |
| དགའ་ལེགས་ | galek | 5.88 |
| Gelay in the Russian language | ||
| Гелай | gelaj | - |
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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 Gelay
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