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 last name Gelelo is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gelelo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelelo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,589,322nd most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelelo reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside 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 primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 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
- 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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