Gholay Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Gholay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 246 | 1:3,118,152 | 92,229 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Bhutan | 5 | 1:123,208 | 891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Gholay (57) may also be a first name.
Gholay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gholay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gholay (Marathi: घोलय, Tibetan: དགོ་ལགས།) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gholay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 983,245th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gholay are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Gholay is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 57 people.
The surname Gholay is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 3,118,152. In India Gholay is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 92 percent reside, West Bengal, where 5 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent reside and Bhutan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gholay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gholay in the Marathi language | ||
| घोलय | gholaya | - |
| Gholay in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགོ་ལགས། | golak | 33.33 |
| ག་ལེགས། | galek | 33.33 |
| དགོ་ལས། | golé | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Gholay
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