Gilya Surname
Approximately 2,168 people bear this surname
Gilya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,991 | 1:26,590 | 3,223 |
| India | 149 | 1:5,148,090 | 127,785 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Gilya (1,226) may also be a first name.
Gilya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gilya (Hindi: गील्या, Russian: Гиля) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gilya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 193,885th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,361,414 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Gilya reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gilya is also the 225,965th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,226 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,991 people, or 1 in 26,590. In Tanzania Gilya is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 74 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 9 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gilya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gilya in the Hindi language | ||
| गील्या | gilya | 52.44 |
| गिल्या | gilya | 47.11 |
| गिलय | gilaya | 0.44 |
| Gilya in the Russian language | ||
| Гиля | gila | - |
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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 Gilya
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