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
The last name Ghelai occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghelai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghelai is the 1,589,322nd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ghelai reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb. Ghelai is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 309,052. In Algeria it is most common in: Boumerdès Province, where 99 percent are found and Tlemcen Province, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found.
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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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