Jalees Surname
Approximately 948 people bear this surname
Jalees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 502 | 1:355,864 | 6,998 |
| India | 162 | 1:4,734,971 | 120,979 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Jalees (1,853) may also be a first name.
Jalees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jalees Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jalees (Hindi: जलीस, Marathi: जलीस) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalees? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 377,044th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,687,285 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Jalees live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Jalees is also the 177,004th most frequent first name globally, held by 1,853 people.
It is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is carried by 502 people, or 1 in 355,864. In Pakistan Jalees is primarily concentrated in: Sindh, where 54 percent live, Punjab, where 31 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent live. Apart from Pakistan this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jalees Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jalees in the Hindi language | ||
| जलीस | jalisa | - |
| Jalees in the Marathi language | ||
| जलीस | jalisa | 77.78 |
| जालीस | jalisa | 22.22 |
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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 Jalees
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