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 surname Guleya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻏﻠﻴﻪ, Hindi: गुलेया) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guleya? popularity and diffusion
Guleya is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Guleya occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Guleya are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Guleya is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 33 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Guleya is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 17 percent live and India, where 17 percent live.
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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