de Gelaen Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Gelaen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Gelaen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium831:138,51419,805
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Gelaen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Gelaen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Gelaen is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Gelaen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,047,559th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Gelaen are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 138,514. In Belgium de Gelaen is most common in: Flemish Region, where 72 percent live and Walloon Region, where 28 percent live. Not including Belgium this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Gelean891/
de Gallen784/
de Elaine781/
de Gislain743/
de Gallien741/
de Golin711/
de Galin710/
de Guislain702/
de Ghellinck67267/
da Elaine671/
de Ghélin671/
da Heleine632/
da Ghislain602/
da Gislaine601/
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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 de Gelaen
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