Gelege Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Gelege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 166 | 1:318,925 | 24,177 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Gelege (31) may also be a first name.
Gelege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelege is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelege? popularity and diffusion
Gelege is the 1,257,535th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gelege are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name globally, borne by 31 people.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 318,925. In Tanzania Gelege is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 84 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 5 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Gelege
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