Gelem Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Gelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 442 | 1:122,574 | 14,496 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Gelem (132) may also be a first name.
Gelem Demographics
Average Gelem Salary in
United States
$56,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Gelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelem (Russian: Гелем) occurs most in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gelem.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelem? popularity and diffusion
Gelem is the 610,848th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. The surname Gelem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Gelem live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 807,735th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 132 people.
This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 442 people, or 1 in 122,574. In South Africa Gelem is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent live, Western Cape, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.
Gelem Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Gelem earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.32% less than the national average, earning R 80,040 per year and in United States they earn 31.71% more than the national average, earning $56,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelem in the Russian language | ||
| Гелем | gelem | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Gelem
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis