Gholak Surname
Approximately 553 people bear this surname
Gholak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 547 | 1:1,402,313 | 53,850 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Gholak (145) may also be a first name.
Gholak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gholak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gholak (Marathi: घोलक) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gholak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 570,540th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,178,202 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gholak are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Gholak is also the 766,399th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 145 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 547 people, or 1 in 1,402,313. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 97 percent live and Maharashtra, where 3 percent live. Not including India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gholak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gholak in the Marathi language | ||
| घोलक | gholaka | 72.22 |
| घोळक | gholaka | 25 |
| घोलाक | gholaka | 2.78 |
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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 Gholak
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