Gelam Surname
Approximately 1,174 people bear this surname
Gelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 853 | 1:899,256 | 39,063 |
| Papua New Guinea | 300 | 1:27,179 | 3,066 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gelam (321) may also be a first name.
Gelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelam (Arabic: غيلام, Hindi: गेलम, Marathi: गेलाम, Oriya: େଗଲମ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 318,721st most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 6,207,450 people. The surname Gelam is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Gelam are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 489,856th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 321 people.
The surname Gelam is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 853 people, or 1 in 899,256. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 98 percent live, Maharashtra, where 1 percent live and Telangana, where 1 percent live. Barring India this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelam in the Marathi language | ||
| गेलाम | gelama | 80 |
| गॅलम | gelama | 20 |
| Gelam in the Hindi language | ||
| गेलम | gelama | 75 |
| ग्ेलम | gelama | 12.5 |
| गेलाम | gelama | 12.5 |
| Gelam in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗଲମ | egalama | 66.67 |
| େଗଲାମ | egalama | 33.33 |
| Gelam in the Arabic language | ||
| غيلام | ghylam | - |
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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 Gelam
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