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
Gholay (Marathi: घोलय, Tibetan: དགོ་ལགས།) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gholay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 983,245th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gholay reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gholay is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 57 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 3,118,152. In India Gholay is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 92 percent live, West Bengal, where 5 percent live and Maharashtra, where 2 percent live. Besides India this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and Bhutan, where 2 percent live.
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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