Gelelo Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Gelelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Gelelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelelo is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gelelo is the 1,589,322nd most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelelo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 423,533. In Tanzania Gelelo is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Gelelo
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