Ghazaleh Surname
Approximately 9,765 people bear this surname
Ghazaleh Surname User-submission:
Ghazal غزال in Arabic is 'deer' (the animal). Most of the time it is a surname. Sometimes it is used as a female first name.
Non-Arabic speakers confuse it with غزَل. Which is rarely used as a female first name and it means 'flirting'.
Read More About This SurnameGhazaleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 4,175 | 1:2,118 | 399 |
| Syria | 1,669 | 1:11,564 | 986 |
| Lebanon | 1,646 | 1:3,425 | 653 |
| Egypt | 1,403 | 1:65,528 | 6,121 |
| Iran | 353 | 1:217,514 | 17,141 |
| Palestine | 147 | 1:30,945 | 4,082 |
| Kuwait | 145 | 1:26,212 | 3,463 |
| United States | 99 | 1:3,661,201 | 203,401 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Ghazaleh (28,257) may also be a first name.
Ghazaleh Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Ghazal غزال in Arabic is 'deer' (the animal). Most of the time it is a surname. Sometimes it is used as a female first name.
Non-Arabic speakers confuse it with غزَل. Which is rarely used as a female first name and it means 'flirting'.
The first has a long vowel after the z, the second word doesn't have a vowel after the z.
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Ghazaleh Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ghazaleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghazaleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghazaleh (Arabic: غزاله) is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghazaleh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,400th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 746,292 people. Ghazaleh occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Ghazaleh live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Levant. It is also the 29,195th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 28,257 people.
The surname is most widespread in Jordan, where it is carried by 4,175 people, or 1 in 2,118. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 43 percent live, Jerash Governorate, where 23 percent live and Zarqa Governorate, where 14 percent live. Other than Jordan this surname exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 17 percent live and Lebanon, where 17 percent live.
Ghazaleh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Shiite (49%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Ghazaleh last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.
Ghazaleh earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.53% less than the national average, earning $42,920 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghazaleh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghazaleh in the Arabic language | ||
| غزاله | ghzalh | - |
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