Gelegen Surname
Approximately 644 people bear this surname
Gelegen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 628 | 1:123,919 | 10,257 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gelegen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelegen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelegen is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelegen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 508,499th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,316,065 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Gelegen reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 123,919. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Malatya Province, where 25 percent reside, Sanliurfa Province, where 15 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Turkey this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Japan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elegen | 92 | 5 | / |
| Yelegen | 86 | 850 | / |
| Eleguen | 86 | 103 | / |
| Selegen | 86 | 80 | / |
| Golegen | 86 | 47 | / |
| Gelegin | 86 | 17 | / |
| Elegien | 86 | 14 | / |
| Elegent | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gilegen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Helegen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Ellegen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Galegen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Gelişgen | 80 | 172 | / |
| Gielesen | 80 | 93 | / |
| Gelligen | 80 | 9 | / |
| Gelisgen | 80 | 8 | / |
| Heylegen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chelegen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hellegen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Geleghin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gillegen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Elegin | 77 | 60 | / |
| Elhegn | 77 | 8 | / |
| Eligen | 77 | 7 | / |
| Elegenova | 75 | 67 | / |
| Gielehsen | 75 | 10 | / |
| Geležienė | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gillegien | 75 | 1 | / |
| Geleiguem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Selezen | 71 | 2,097 | / |
| Eleguin | 71 | 131 | / |
| Železen | 71 | 124 | / |
| Geleijn | 71 | 94 | / |
| Yelegin | 71 | 81 | / |
| Zelezen | 71 | 66 | / |
| Eliguen | 71 | 36 | / |
| Islegen | 71 | 35 | / |
| Celegin | 71 | 16 | / |
| Yeligen | 71 | 14 | / |
| Selegin | 71 | 12 | / |
| Zelegne | 71 | 11 | / |
| Gelisen | 71 | 8 | / |
| Heligen | 71 | 5 | / |
| Helesen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Helezen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gelagin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gologen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gilagen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ellegin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ellegne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Galogen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Golegin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Galigen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Giligen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Seligen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Galagen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hejlesen | 67 | 795 | / |
| Heyligen | 67 | 558 | / |
| Heilesen | 67 | 337 | / |
| Hellesen | 67 | 330 | / |
| Gitlesen | 67 | 44 | / |
| Gislesen | 67 | 30 | / |
| Zselezen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Heiligen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gilligen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Heleseen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Elleguin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gölhagen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chelegem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeilesen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gesellechen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gallagen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zelesenk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guilegem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guiligen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gielisen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Galligen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Helligen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gillegin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gelegen
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