Gelasha Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Gelasha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Gelasha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelasha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelasha is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelasha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gelasha is the 4,116,508th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelasha reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Gelasha
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