Gelegan Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Gelegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Gelegan (13) may also be a first name.

Gelegan Last Name Facts

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

Gelegan (Russian: Гелеган) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelegan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gelegan is the 3,274,477th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. Gelegan occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Gelegan are found; 58 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 56 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

Gelegan is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,474,711. In Malaysia Gelegan is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 95 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent are found and The Philippines, where 3 percent are found.

Gelegan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gelegan surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gelegan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.29% more than the national average, earning $63,556 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gelegan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gelegan in the Russian language
Гелеганgelegan-

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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 Gelegan
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