Kelay Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Kelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Kelay (117) may also be a first name.
Kelay Demographics
Average Kelay Salary in
England
£23,848
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Kelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kelay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻱ, Hindi: केलय, Marathi: केलय) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kelay.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kelay is the 860,770th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name Kelay is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kelay are found; 49 percent are found in North Africa and 48 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Kelay is also the 864,112th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 117 people.
The surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Besides Egypt this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 10 percent reside.
Kelay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kelay has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Kelay surname rose 1,975 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻱ | klay | - |
| Kelay in the Marathi language | ||
| केलय | kelaya | 66.67 |
| काेलय | kaelaya | 33.33 |
| Kelay in the Hindi language | ||
| केलय | kelaya | 60 |
| केलाया | kelaya | 20 |
| केलाय | kelaya | 20 |
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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 Kelay
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