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 carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelaneh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 187,487th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,230,295 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelaneh are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 145,976th most common given name globally, held by 2,548 people.
Gelaneh is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Barring Ethiopia Gelaneh is found 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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