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
Gilayo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilayo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 766,190th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Gilayo reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 333 people, or 1 in 158,984. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 0 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
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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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