Ghalah Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Ghalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 75 | 1:352,337 | 10,031 |
| Jordan | 40 | 1:221,061 | 9,827 |
| Palestine | 36 | 1:126,357 | 7,695 |
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ghalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghalah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻼﻩ) occurs most in Yemen. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalah? popularity and diffusion
Ghalah is the 1,214,709th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Ghalah live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 39 percent live in Levant.
The surname Ghalah is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 352,337. In Yemen Ghalah is primarily concentrated in: Dhamar Governorate, where 85 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Yemen Ghalah occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 21 percent are found and Palestine, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghalah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghalah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻼﻩ | qlah | 76.47 |
| ﻏﻼﻩ | ghlah | 23.53 |
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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 Ghalah
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