Gebreselassie Surname
Approximately 31,236 people bear this surname
Gebreselassie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 30,747 | 1:3,173 | 540 |
| United States | 311 | 1:1,165,463 | 83,401 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gebreselassie (26,146) may also be a first name.
Gebreselassie Demographics
Average Gebreselassie Salary in
United States
$37,192 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gebreselassie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gebreselassie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gebreselassie (Russian: Гебреселассие) is found most in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gebreselassie.
How Common Is The Last Name Gebreselassie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,697th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 233,306 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gebreselassie live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gebreselassie is also the 30,919th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 26,146 people.
Gebreselassie is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 30,747 people, or 1 in 3,173. Apart from Ethiopia this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Gebreselassie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gebreselassie surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gebreselassie earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.66% less than the national average, earning 212,269 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 88.74% less than the national average, earning R 26,748 per year; in United States they earn 13.81% less than the national average, earning $37,192 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.24% less than the national average, earning $37,638 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gebreselassie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gebreselassie in the Russian language | ||
| Гебреселассие | gebreselassie | - |
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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 Gebreselassie
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