Gelase Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Gelase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 24 | 1:2,205,901 | 48,025 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Gelase (208) may also be a first name.
Gelase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelase Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelase occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gelase click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelase? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gelase live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 627,410th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 208 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,205,901. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 38 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 38 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 17 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 7 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 3 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 Gelase
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