Ghalen Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Ghalen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ghalen (122) may also be a first name.
Ghalen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghalen (Marathi: घाल) is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Ghalen occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Ghalen reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 56 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 844,248th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 122 people.
Ghalen is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 15,356,505. In Iran Ghalen is most prevalent in: Hormozgan Province, where 20 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 20 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 20 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 11 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghalen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghalen in the Marathi language | ||
| घाल | ghala | - |
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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 Ghalen
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