Jelayan Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Jelayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
Jelayan (26) may also be a first name.
Jelayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jelayan is most common in Iran. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelayan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Jelayan reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name globally, held by 26 people.
It is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,071,301. In Iran Jelayan is primarily concentrated in: Qom Province, where 36 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 36 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 28 percent reside. Apart from Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and Malaysia, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Jelayan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis