Gamelas Surname
Approximately 518 people bear this surname
Gamelas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 472 | 1:22,073 | 1,514 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Gamelas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamelas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamelas is most common in Portugal. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamelas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 600,164th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,068,621 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Gamelas live; 91 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 91 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname Gamelas is most commonly used in Portugal, where it is borne by 472 people, or 1 in 22,073. Not including Portugal this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Gamelas
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