Gelekar Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Gelekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 60 | 1:73,476 | 6,204 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
Gelekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelekar (Marathi: गेळेकर) occurs most in Liberia. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gelekar.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelekar? popularity and diffusion
Gelekar is the 1,746,159th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. Gelekar occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Gelekar reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 73,476. In Liberia Gelekar is primarily found in: Grand Gedeh County, where 98 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia Gelekar is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 45 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelekar in the Marathi language | ||
| गेळेकर | gelekara | 76.47 |
| गोेलेकर | goelekara | 11.76 |
| ठोळेकर | tholekara | 5.88 |
| गेळेकराबाई | gelekaraba'i | 5.88 |
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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 Gelekar
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