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 is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelase? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gelase is the 3,602,217th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gelase live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gelase is also the 627,410th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 208 people.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,205,901. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 38 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 38 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 17 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Gelase is found in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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