Gelele Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gelele (14) may also be a first name.
Gelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelele (Arabic: غيليلي) is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gelele is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gelele live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 86 percent reside and Oyo, where 14 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelele in the Arabic language | ||
| غيليلي | ghylyly | - |
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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 Gelele
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