Gelaj Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Gelaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 68 | 1:42,854 | 5,917 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gelaj Demographics
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Gelaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelaj is more frequently found in Albania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,765,740th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Gelaj reside; 79 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 63 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Albania, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 42,854. In Albania it is mostly found in: Kukës County, where 60 percent live, Tirana County, where 32 percent live and Shkodër County, where 4 percent live. Outside of Albania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Greece, where 16 percent live.
Gelaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gelaj surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
Gelaj earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.39% less than the national average, earning $24,856 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 Gelaj
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