Gelagay Surname
Approximately 1,976 people bear this surname
Gelagay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Gelagay (3,470) may also be a first name.
Gelagay Demographics
Average Gelagay Salary in
United States
$38,706 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gelagay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelagay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelagay is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelagay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 209,192nd most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,688,029 people. The last name Gelagay is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gelagay live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 120,658th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 3,470 people.
This last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Beside Ethiopia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Gelagay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gelagay surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Gelagay earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.3% less than the national average, earning $38,706 USD per year.
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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
- 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 Gelagay
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