Gelea Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Gelea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 37 | 1:542,645 | 40,475 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Geléa (1) are calculated separately.
Gelea (20) may also be a first name.
Gelea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelea is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Geléa. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Gelea is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Gelea live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 74 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 542,645. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 73 percent reside, Călărași County, where 11 percent reside and Sibiu County, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Romania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Gelea
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