Gelaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gelaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gelaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelaya (Marathi: गेलया, Oriya: େଗଲାୟା) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gelaya is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Gelaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Gelaya are found; 63 percent are found in South Asia and 63 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Gelaya is most widespread in India, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Gelaya is most frequent in: Odisha, where 60 percent reside. Other than India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and Norway, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗଲାୟା | egalaya | - |
| Gelaya in the Marathi language | ||
| गेलया | gelaya | - |
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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 Gelaya
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