Guelai Surname
Approximately 1,415 people bear this surname
Guelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,011 | 1:38,211 | 6,912 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Guelaï (2) are calculated separately.
Guelai (36) may also be a first name.
Guelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guelai has its highest incidence in Algeria. It may also be found in the variant forms: Guelaï. For other possible spellings of Guelai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guelai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guelai is the 274,522nd most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,150,209 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Guelai reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Mahgreb. Guelai is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 36 people.
Guelai is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,011 people, or 1 in 38,211. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Aïn Témouchent Province, where 57 percent live, Tébessa Province, where 29 percent live and Tlemcen Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Algeria it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 24 percent live and France, where 2 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
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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 Guelai
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