Gehlin Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Gehlin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 150 | 1:65,645 | 5,015 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gehlin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehlin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gehlin (Marathi: गेहलीन) occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehlin? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gehlin is the 1,374,607th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname Gehlin occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Gehlin live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 65,645. In Sweden Gehlin is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 36 percent are found, Östergötland County, where 19 percent are found and Västmanland County, where 19 percent are found. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Estonia, where 1 percent are found.
Gehlin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gehlin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gehlin surname increased 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gehlin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gehlin in the Marathi language | ||
| गेहलीन | gehalina | - |
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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 Gehlin
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