Jelay Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Jelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Jelay (30) may also be a first name.
Jelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jelay is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jelay is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Jelay reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 66 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,911,214th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 30 people.
The last name Jelay is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,647,673. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 100 percent live. Not including Iran this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 23 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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 Jelay
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