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 last name Gilayo is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilayo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 766,190th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gilayo are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gilayo is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 333 people, or 1 in 158,984. In Tanzania Gilayo is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live, Iringa Region, where 0 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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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