Gelah Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Gelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Gelah (79) may also be a first name.
Gelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelah (Arabic: جيلاه, Oriya: େଗଲହ) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Gelah are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Gelah is also the 1,083,225th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 79 people.
This surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 146,951. In Liberia Gelah is most numerous in: Grand Bassa County, where 33 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 27 percent are found and Bong County, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent are found and Libya, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelah in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗଲହ | egalaha | - |
| Gelah in the Arabic language | ||
| جيلاه | jylah | - |
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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 Gelah
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