Ghayas Surname
Approximately 5,895 people bear this surname
Ghayas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 4,851 | 1:36,826 | 1,685 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| United Arab Emirates | 117 | 1:78,310 | 7,074 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Ghayas (6,137) may also be a first name.
Ghayas Demographics
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Ghayas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghayas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghayas (Hindi: गयास, Marathi: घयास, Oriya: ଘୟାସ) occurs most in Pakistan. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghayas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 82,247th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,236,225 people. The last name Ghayas occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghayas are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 84,439th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 6,137 people.
This surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 4,851 people, or 1 in 36,826. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 39 percent reside, Sindh, where 28 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 13 percent reside. Besides Pakistan it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Ghayas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Ghayas are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.
Ghayas earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.62% less than the national average, earning $31,232 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghayas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghayas in the Marathi language | ||
| घयास | ghayasa | 76.92 |
| गयास | gayasa | 23.08 |
| Ghayas in the Hindi language | ||
| गयास | gayasa | 68.42 |
| ग्यास | gyasa | 15.79 |
| ग़यास | gayasa | 15.79 |
| Ghayas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘୟାସ | ghayasa | 50 |
| ଗଯ୍ାସ | gayasa | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ghayas
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