Guelaye Surname
Approximately 1,064 people bear this surname
Guelaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,063 | 1:3,852 | 464 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Guelaye (159) may also be a first name.
Guelaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guelaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guelaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guelaye? popularity and diffusion
Guelaye is the 344,343rd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,849,197 people. The last name Guelaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guelaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 727,628th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 159 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,063 people, or 1 in 3,852. In Mauritania Guelaye is mostly found in: Gorgol Region, where 42 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 21 percent live and Assaba Region, where 10 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guelaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guelaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻱ | klay | 91.12 |
| ﺍﻛﻼﻱ | aklay | 2.63 |
| ﺃﻛﻼﻱ | aklay | 2.3 |
| ﻛﻴﻼﻱ | kylay | 0.66 |
| ﻛﻼﻟﻲ | klaly | 0.33 |
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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 Guelaye
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