Guelay Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Guelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 214 | 1:19,135 | 1,747 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Guelay (39) may also be a first name.
Guelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guelay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guelay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Guelay are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 39 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 19,135. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 25 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 24 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 21 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guelay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guelay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻱ | klay | 78.26 |
| ﺍﻛﻼﻱ | aklay | 11.59 |
| ﻗﻼﻱ | qlay | 5.8 |
| ﻛﻼﻯ | klay | 2.9 |
| ﺃﻛﻼﻱ | aklay | 1.45 |
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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 Guelay
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