Ghayb Surname
Approximately 2,582 people bear this surname
Ghayb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2,211 | 1:14,542 | 861 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ghayb (565) may also be a first name.
Ghayb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghayb Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghayb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﺎﻳﺐ) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghayb? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghayb is the 167,491st most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,822,442 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Ghayb live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ghayb is also the 353,173rd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 565 people.
Ghayb is most common in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 2,211 people, or 1 in 14,542. In Afghanistan Ghayb is most numerous in: Faryab, where 17 percent reside, Kunduz, where 12 percent reside and Badakhshan, where 12 percent reside. Beside Afghanistan it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 14 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghayb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghayb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻏﺎﻳﺐ | ghayb | - |
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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 Ghayb
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