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 last name Guilaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guilaye? popularity and diffusion
Guilaye is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Guilaye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guilaye reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Guilaye is also the 345,974th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 585 people.
The last name Guilaye is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,399,002. In Niger Guilaye is most prevalent in: Dosso Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Niger this surname 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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