Ghalaj Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ghalaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 43 | 1:1,785,640 | 66,464 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
Ghalaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghalaj is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ghalaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghalaj is the 2,909,720th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Ghalaj is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghalaj reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 1,785,640. In Iran Ghalaj is mostly concentrated in: Golestan Province, where 42 percent live, Tehran Province, where 28 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 19 percent live. Besides Iran this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 4 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ghalaj
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