Ghelai Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Ghelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 125 | 1:309,052 | 30,044 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Ghelai (20) may also be a first name.
Ghelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghelai is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghelai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,589,322nd most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ghelai are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 20 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 309,052. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Boumerdès Province, where 99 percent reside and Tlemcen Province, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria Ghelai exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ghelai
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