Ghazali Surname
Approximately 60,705 people bear this surname
Ghazali 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 SurnameGhazali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 16,722 | 1:1,764 | 268 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8,030 | 1:3,843 | 522 |
| Egypt | 7,047 | 1:13,046 | 1,553 |
| Morocco | 5,828 | 1:5,916 | 699 |
| Iran | 4,795 | 1:16,013 | 2,082 |
| Libya | 4,683 | 1:1,333 | 372 |
| Algeria | 4,316 | 1:8,951 | 1,554 |
| Indonesia | 2,498 | 1:52,942 | 5,886 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,180 | 1:7,765 | 978 |
| Pakistan | 783 | 1:228,153 | 5,327 |
| Lebanon | 742 | 1:7,597 | 1,213 |
| Nigeria | 436 | 1:406,291 | 21,254 |
| Jordan | 392 | 1:22,557 | 3,192 |
| Yemen | 365 | 1:72,398 | 5,026 |
| Qatar | 356 | 1:6,624 | 712 |
| Kuwait | 318 | 1:11,952 | 1,632 |
| France | 251 | 1:264,632 | 40,776 |
| United States | 247 | 1:1,467,445 | 100,382 |
| Palestine | 226 | 1:20,128 | 3,199 |
| India | 202 | 1:3,797,353 | 104,924 |
| Singapore | 193 | 1:28,537 | 1,098 |
| Syria | 176 | 1:109,665 | 3,455 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| England | 84 | 1:663,310 | 38,317 |
| Brunei | 78 | 1:5,368 | 782 |
| Australia | 77 | 1:350,594 | 29,558 |
| Spain | 64 | 1:730,501 | 31,369 |
| Canada | 55 | 1:669,920 | 54,285 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Tunisia | 24 | 1:25,443 | 3,898 |
| Oman | 17 | 1:216,939 | 3,845 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Ghazali (14,804) may also be a first name.
Ghazali 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.
- tghazalThis surname means 'goat' or 'goat herder'.
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Ghazali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghazali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghazali (Arabic: الغزالي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﺰﺍﻟﻲ, Hindi: गजाली, Marathi: घझाली) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghazali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 9,333rd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 120,049 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Ghazali are found; 36 percent are found in North Africa and 32 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ghazali is also the 46,810th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 14,804 people.
It is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 16,722 people, or 1 in 1,764. In Malaysia Ghazali is most common in: Selangor, where 19 percent live, Kelantan, where 18 percent live and Perak, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia Ghazali exists in 71 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.
Ghazali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ghazali last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (30%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Ghazali surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.82% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ghazali earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.03% less than the national average, earning 242,136 kr per year; in United States they earn 19.24% more than the national average, earning $51,449 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.83% less than the national average, earning $44,300 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghazali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghazali in the Hindi language | ||
| गजाली | gajali | 82.35 |
| गज़ाली | gazali | 11.76 |
| ग़ज़ाली | gazali | 5.88 |
| Ghazali in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻏﺰﺍﻟﻲ | ghzaly | 46.15 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺰﺍﻟﻲ | alghzaly | 46.15 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺰﺍﻝ | alghzal | 7.69 |
| Ghazali in the Marathi language | ||
| घझाली | ghajhali | 37.5 |
| गझाली | gajhali | 25 |
| गजाली | gajali | 25 |
| गजाला | gajala | 12.5 |
| Ghazali in the Arabic language | ||
| الغزالي | alghzaly | - |
| غزالى | ghzaly | - |
| غزالي | ghzaly | - |
| غزالة | ghzalt | - |
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