Guleya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Guleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Guleya (33) may also be a first name.
Guleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guleya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻏﻠﻴﻪ, Hindi: गुलेया) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guleya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Guleya live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 33 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Guleya is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Guleya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 17 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guleya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guleya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻏﻠﻴﻪ | aghlyh | - |
| Guleya in the Hindi language | ||
| गुलेया | guleya | - |
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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 Guleya
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