Zalmay Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Zalmay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Zalmay (206) may also be a first name.
Zalmay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalmay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zalmay (Arabic: زلمى, Russian: Залмай) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalmay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 47 percent of Zalmay reside; 41 percent reside in South Asia and 41 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 630,600th most frequent given name throughout the world, borne by 206 people.
Zalmay is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,506,852. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 90 percent reside, Balochistan, where 5 percent reside and Punjab, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalmay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalmay in the Russian language | ||
| Залмай | zalmaj | - |
| Zalmay in the Arabic language | ||
| زلمى | zlmy | - |
| زلمي | zlmy | - |
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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 Zalmay
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