Ghaya Surname
Approximately 673 people bear this surname
Ghaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| India | 74 | 1:10,365,748 | 197,751 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Ghaya (745) may also be a first name.
Ghaya Demographics
Average Ghaya Salary in
United States
$63,938 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ghaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﻳﻪ, Hindi: घाया, Marathi: घाया, Oriya: ଘାୟ) is found most in Morocco. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 491,715th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,828,449 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Ghaya live; 70 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Mahgreb. Ghaya is also the 301,287th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 745 people.
Ghaya is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 341 people, or 1 in 101,103. Not including Morocco Ghaya exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 18 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Ghaya Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Ghaya earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 48.18% more than the national average, earning $63,938 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.79% less than the national average, earning $39,354 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘାୟ | ghaya | - |
| Ghaya in the Marathi language | ||
| घाया | ghaya | 74.19 |
| छाया | chaya | 9.68 |
| घया | ghaya | 9.68 |
| घायाळ | ghayala | 6.45 |
| Ghaya in the Hindi language | ||
| घाया | ghaya | 60 |
| घया | ghaya | 26.67 |
| झाया | jhaya | 6.67 |
| घाय | ghaya | 6.67 |
| Ghaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﻳﻪ | qayh | 30.17 |
| ﻏﺎﻳﻪ | ghayh | 22.41 |
| ﻏﺎﻳﺔ | ghayt | 9.48 |
| ﻗﺎﻳﺔ | qayt | 8.62 |
| ﻗﻴﻪ | qyh | 6.9 |
| ﻗﺎﻱ | qay | 4.31 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻳﻪ | alghayh | 3.45 |
| ﻗﻲ | qy | 2.59 |
| ﻏﻴﻪ | ghyh | 0.86 |
| ﻛﺎﻳﻪ | kayh | 0.86 |
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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 Ghaya
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