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
Gelay Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
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་) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 403,615th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,386,129 people. The surname Gelay is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Gelay reside; 45 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gelay is also the 226,170th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 1,224 people.
Gelay is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 261,597. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Central Visayas, where 43 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 28 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 10 percent live. Other than The Philippines this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in France, where 19 percent live and Belarus, where 7 percent live.
Gelay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gelay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gelay last name grew 525 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gelay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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- 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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