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
Gelege has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelege? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gelege is the 1,257,535th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. This last name 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 frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 31 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 318,925. In Tanzania Gelege is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 84 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 5 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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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