Geleken Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Liberia

Geleken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geleken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey251:3,112,85787,657
Liberia71:629,79127,063

Geleken Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Geleken Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Geleken is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Geleken? popularity and diffusion

Geleken is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Geleken occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Geleken are found; 78 percent are found in West Asia and 78 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 3,112,857. In Turkey Geleken is most prevalent in: Bursa Province, where 92 percent live, Aksaray Province, where 4 percent live and Van Province, where 4 percent live. Barring Turkey Geleken exists in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 22 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
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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 Geleken
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