Gelana Surname
Approximately 11,788 people bear this surname
Gelana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 11,751 | 1:8,301 | 1,288 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gelana (16,560) may also be a first name.
Gelana Demographics
Average Gelana Salary in
United States
$13,406 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gelana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelana (Georgian: გელანა) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,070th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 618,217 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelana live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gelana is also the 43,335th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 16,560 people.
Gelana is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 11,751 people, or 1 in 8,301. Outside of Ethiopia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Gelana Last Name Statistics demography
Gelana earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.93% less than the national average, earning $13,406 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelana in the Georgian language | ||
| გელანა | gelana | - |
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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 Gelana
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