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) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Ghalen are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 844,248th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 122 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 15,356,505. In Iran it is most numerous in: Hormozgan Province, where 20 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 20 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 20 percent reside. Beside Iran this last name occurs 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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