Gelava Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Gelava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 89 | 1:42,085 | 5,719 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gelava (13) may also be a first name.
Gelava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelava (Georgian: გელავა) is found in Georgia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gelava.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelava? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gelava is the 1,931,261st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Gelava is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Gelava live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Georgia, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 42,085. In Georgia it is most numerous in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 45 percent are found, Tbilisi, where 25 percent are found and Kvemo Kartli, where 18 percent are found. Not including Georgia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelava in the Georgian language | ||
| გელავა | gelava | - |
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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
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- 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 Gelava
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