Ghaylan Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Ghaylan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ghaylan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaylan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghaylan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻴﻼﻥ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaylan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghaylan is the 1,267,784th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Ghaylan are found; 75 percent are found in North Africa and 75 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This last name is most widespread in Morocco, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Outside of Morocco this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 23 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaylan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaylan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻴﻼﻥ | qylan | - |
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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 Ghaylan
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