Gelaw Surname

36,500th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Gelaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia14,3271:6,8091,077
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Malaysia431:685,91232,468
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gelaw (41,276) may also be a first name.

Gelaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gelaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gelaw occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 36,500th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 504,224 people. Gelaw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gelaw reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gelaw is also the 21,667th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 41,276 people.

The surname Gelaw is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 14,327 people, or 1 in 6,809. Not including Ethiopia Gelaw occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Gelaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gelaw surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Gelaw earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 36.19% less than the national average, earning 220,830 kr per year and in United States they earn 45% less than the national average, earning $23,734 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngelaw9120/
Gelawe917/
Ghelaw912/
Guelaw911/
Gueslaw8318/
Galaw80342/
Gelav80147/
Gelow80136/
Golaw8043/
Gelaf8027/
Gilaw809/
Selaw808/
Gelab804/
Gielow732,296/
Gelova73225/
Gelauf73154/
Ghelaf7340/
Gelowa7336/
Ngelow7326/
Zetlaw7325/
Gitlaw7323/
Zelawe7321/
Gilawe7318/
Seliaw7317/
Seelaw7316/
Sielaw7315/
Gallaw7311/
Ghalaw739/
Sealaw733/
Geelow732/
Guelow732/
Djelaw732/
Ngilaw731/
Ceylaw731/
Guilaw731/
Getlow730/
Gollaw730/
Gelauff67243/
Gehlauf6729/
Sealiaw6728/
Guelaff6721/
Djelauw6716/
Sealeaw6714/
Giehlow675/
Ghelafe671/
Ghelaph671/
Guetlaf671/
Ghellaf671/
Gholavw671/
Geylova671/
Gelhauf671/
Gallauw671/
Zealeaw671/

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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 Gelaw
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