Gilayo Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Gilayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 333 | 1:158,984 | 14,244 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Gilayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gilayo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilayo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gilayo is the 766,190th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The surname Gilayo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Gilayo live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Gilayo is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 333 people, or 1 in 158,984. In Tanzania Gilayo is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live, Iringa Region, where 0 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
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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 Gilayo
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