Ghalih Surname
Approximately 1,480 people bear this surname
Ghalih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 922 | 1:9,590 | 1,778 |
| Palestine | 268 | 1:16,973 | 2,890 |
| Lebanon | 165 | 1:34,164 | 3,342 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Syria | 30 | 1:643,367 | 5,706 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Yemen | 19 | 1:1,390,805 | 12,068 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Ghalih (13,375) may also be a first name.
Ghalih Demographics
Ghalih Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ghalih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghalih occurs most in Jordan. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalih? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 264,506th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,924,018 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghalih live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Levant. It is also the 50,281st most frequent given name world-wide, held by 13,375 people.
This last name is most widespread in Jordan, where it is held by 922 people, or 1 in 9,590. In Jordan Ghalih is most common in: Amman Governorate, where 76 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 15 percent live and Madaba Governorate, where 3 percent live. Beside Jordan it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 18 percent live and Lebanon, where 11 percent live.
Ghalih Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Maronite (52%) in Lebanon.
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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 Ghalih
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