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
Gelava (Georgian: გელავა) is found most frequently in Georgia. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gelava.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Gelava live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia. Gelava is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Georgia, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 42,085. In Georgia Gelava is primarily concentrated in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 45 percent reside, Tbilisi, where 25 percent reside and Kvemo Kartli, where 18 percent reside. Not including Georgia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.
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
- 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 Gelava
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