de Gelas Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Gelas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Gelas 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
Belgium2021:56,9149,215
France181:3,690,151224,666
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: de Gélas (2) are calculated separately.

de Gelas Last Name Facts

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

de Gelas occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: de Gélas. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

de Gelas is the 1,055,483rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. The last name de Gelas is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of de Gelas live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 56,914. In Belgium de Gelas is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 74 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 20 percent live and Walloon Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Belgium this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 8 percent live and England, where 4 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 Gélas962/
de Elas935/
de Elias88482/
de Celas884/
De-Gelas882/
de Elgas881/
de Galeas821/
de Gallas821/
de Golias821/
de Zela8070/
de Cela8019/
de Sela806/
de Gelo803/
de Gila801/
de Silas7535/
de Celia756/
de Elios755/
de Selos755/
de Cilas753/
de Zelia753/
di Elias752/
de Gilia751/
de Gitla751/
da Ngela751/
de Yslas751/
de Guila751/
de Selia750/
de Uilhas711/
de Giglia711/
da Chelas711/
der Celia711/
de Sila6712/
de Cila6711/
de Jelo677/
de Gallois674/
de Cealois671/
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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 Gelas
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