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
The surname Gehlan is found most frequently in Wales. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehlan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Gehlan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Gehlan live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles.
The surname Gehlan is most widely held in Wales, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 257,878. In Wales it is primarily concentrated in: City and County of Cardiff, where 92 percent reside and Vale of Glamorgan County Borough, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Wales this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent reside and Scotland, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Gehlan
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