Gehlan Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Gehlan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gehlan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehlan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gehlan occurs in Wales more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehlan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Gehlan occurs mostly in Europe, where 48 percent of Gehlan reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles.
The surname Gehlan is most frequently used in Wales, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 257,878. In Wales it is mostly concentrated in: City and County of Cardiff, where 92 percent are found and Vale of Glamorgan County Borough, where 8 percent are found. Barring Wales Gehlan is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent are found and Scotland, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gehlan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis