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
Ghalaj is found most in Iran. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ghalaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Ghalaj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghalaj live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Ghalaj is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 1,785,640. In Iran Ghalaj is mostly found in: Golestan Province, where 42 percent live, Tehran Province, where 28 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 19 percent live. Apart from Iran it occurs 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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