Ghalayan Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Ghalayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 225 | 1:13,023 | 949 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Ghalayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghalayan (Georgian: ღალაიანი) occurs in Armenia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghalayan is the 1,064,392nd most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghalayan reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia.
The last name Ghalayan is most commonly occurring in Armenia, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 13,023. In Armenia Ghalayan is most common in: Lori Province, where 72 percent reside, Yerevan, where 15 percent reside and Kotayk Province, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Armenia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghalayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghalayan in the Georgian language | ||
| ღალაიანი | ghalaiani | - |
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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 Ghalayan
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