Ghaley Surname
Approximately 2,600 people bear this surname
Ghaley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 1,845 | 1:334 | 57 |
| India | 538 | 1:1,425,772 | 54,467 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ghaley (14) may also be a first name.
Ghaley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghaley (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﻟﻴﻪ, Tibetan: ག་ལེ།) is found in Bhutan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaley? popularity and diffusion
Ghaley is the 166,465th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,802,902 people. Ghaley is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Ghaley live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 14 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Bhutan, where it is carried by 1,845 people, or 1 in 334. In Bhutan it is most frequent in: Samtse District, where 97 percent are found, Sarpang District, where 2 percent are found and Tsirang District, where 1 percent are found. Beside Bhutan this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent are found and Egypt, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaley in the Tibetan language | ||
| ག་ལེ། | galé | 90.32 |
| ག་ལེགས། | galek | 6.71 |
| ག་ལས། | galé | 1.15 |
| དགེ་ལེགས། | gelek | 0.58 |
| དགའ་ལེགས། | galek | 0.19 |
| དགེ་ལེགས་ | gelek | 0.19 |
| ག་ལེས། | galé | 0.1 |
| ག་ལས་ | galé | 0.1 |
| ག་ལས | galé | 0.1 |
| དགའ་ལེ། | galé | 0.1 |
| རྒྱལ་ལེགས། | gyallek | 0.1 |
| ག་་ལེ། | galé | 0.1 |
| དག་ལེགས། | daklek | 0.1 |
| ག་ལེ་། | galé | 0.1 |
| གཱ་ལེ། | galé | 0.1 |
| Ghaley in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﻟﻴﻪ | qalyh | 33.33 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﻰ | qaly | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻟﻴﺔ | alqalyt | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Ghaley
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