Gelaneh Surname
Approximately 2,256 people bear this surname
Gelaneh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gelaneh (2,548) may also be a first name.
Gelaneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelaneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelaneh is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelaneh? popularity and diffusion
Gelaneh is the 187,487th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,230,295 people. Gelaneh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelaneh live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 145,976th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 2,548 people.
This surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Outside of Ethiopia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gelaneh
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