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
The surname Gelele (Arabic: غيليلي) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Gelele occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gelele reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name on earth, held by 14 people.
The last name Gelele is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Gelele is mostly found in: Ogun, where 86 percent are found and Oyo, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 23 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
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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