Guilaye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Guilaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Guilaye (585) may also be a first name.
Guilaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guilaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guilaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guilaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Guilaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guilaye are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 345,974th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 585 people.
Guilaye is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,399,002. In Niger Guilaye is primarily found in: Dosso Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Niger it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 18 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guilaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guilaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻱ | klay | - |
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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 Guilaye
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