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།) is most common in Bhutan. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghallay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,612,213th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghallay live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 87 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia.
It is most common in Bhutan, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 5,652. In Bhutan it is most frequent in: Chukha District, where 48 percent reside, Samtse District, where 28 percent reside and Sarpang District, where 23 percent reside. Other than Bhutan this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found 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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