Gelaye Surname
Approximately 19,142 people bear this surname
Gelaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 18,996 | 1:5,135 | 820 |
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| United States | 49 | 1:7,397,121 | 336,459 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Gelaye (64,521) may also be a first name.
Gelaye Demographics
Average Gelaye Salary in
United States
$38,976 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gelaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ, Marathi: गेलये) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gelaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,073rd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 380,710 people. The surname Gelaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gelaye reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gelaye is also the 14,894th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 64,521 people.
The last name Gelaye is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 18,996 people, or 1 in 5,135. Beside Ethiopia Gelaye is found in 14 countries. It is also found in India, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Gelaye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gelaye last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% registered with the party.
Gelaye earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.67% less than the national average, earning $38,976 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻱ | klay | - |
| Gelaye in the Marathi language | ||
| गेलये | gelaye | 93.33 |
| गेलयेाकर | gelayeakara | 4.44 |
| गेलयेाराम | gelayearama | 2.22 |
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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 Gelaye
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