Jalayi Surname
Approximately 1,007 people bear this surname
Jalayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 923 | 1:83,188 | 8,438 |
| India | 76 | 1:10,092,966 | 194,472 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jalayi (42) may also be a first name.
Jalayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jalayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jalayi (Hindi: जलयी) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 359,713th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,236,888 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jalayi are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,566,439th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 923 people, or 1 in 83,188. In Iran Jalayi is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent are found and West Azerbaijan Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Iran it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jalayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jalayi in the Hindi language | ||
| जलयी | jalayi | - |
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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 Jalayi
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