Ghallay Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Ghallay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 109 | 1:5,652 | 274 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Ghallay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghallay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghallay (Tibetan: ག་ལེ།) occurs most in Bhutan. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ghallay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghallay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,612,213th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghallay reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia.
This surname is most prevalent in Bhutan, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 5,652. In Bhutan Ghallay is primarily found in: Chukha District, where 48 percent reside, Samtse District, where 28 percent reside and Sarpang District, where 23 percent reside. Without taking into account Bhutan it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghallay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghallay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ག་ལེ། | galé | 70.45 |
| ག་ལེགས། | galek | 25 |
| དགེ་ལེགས་ | gelek | 2.27 |
| གཱ་ལེ། | galé | 2.27 |
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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 Ghallay
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