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) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guelay? popularity and diffusion
Guelay is the 1,104,724th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Guelay live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Guelay is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used forename globally, borne by 39 people.
The surname Guelay is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 19,135. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Gorgol Region, where 25 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 24 percent live and Assaba Region, where 21 percent live. Beside Mauritania it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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