Ghily Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Ghily Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 157 | 1:223,068 | 4,985 |
| Yemen | 56 | 1:471,880 | 10,658 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Ghily (53) may also be a first name.
Ghily Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghily Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghily (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻠﻲ) is held by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghily? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,041,601st most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Ghily reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 66 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 53 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Iraq, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 223,068. Not including Iraq this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 23 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghily Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghily in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻠﻲ | qly | 80 |
| ﻗﻞ | ql | 20 |
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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 Ghily
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