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) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalmay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zalmay is the 2,506,728th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 47 percent of Zalmay live; 41 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 630,600th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 206 people.
It is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,506,852. In Pakistan Zalmay is primarily concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 90 percent are found, Balochistan, where 5 percent are found and Punjab, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
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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