Geleja Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Geleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Geleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geleja is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Geleja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geleja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Geleja is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Geleja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Geleja reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania Geleja is primarily found in: Shinyanga Region, where 69 percent live, Kagera Region, where 8 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent live.
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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 Geleja
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