Gelemu Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Gelemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gelemu (15) may also be a first name.
Gelemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelemu occurs most in Malawi. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelemu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,210,518th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelemu live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gelemu is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 15 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngelemu | 92 | 32 | / |
| Elemu | 91 | 789 | / |
| Guelemou | 86 | 10 | / |
| Ngelemau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Selemu | 83 | 117 | / |
| Yelemu | 83 | 46 | / |
| Elemut | 83 | 43 | / |
| Elemou | 83 | 27 | / |
| Eleamu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Zelemu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gilemu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Elemus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eliemu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eelemu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elemeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elemuu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gelamu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Helemu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngielemau | 80 | 27 | / |
| Yelemou | 77 | 3,358 | / |
| Chelemu | 77 | 331 | / |
| Helemou | 77 | 220 | / |
| Elemmou | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gelimau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Seleumu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hselemu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Geliamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elimu | 73 | 2,348 | / |
| Ilemu | 73 | 150 | / |
| Guilemou | 71 | 25 | / |
| Ellemaud | 71 | 8 | / |
| Elemmouh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zhelemud | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chelemut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goleumou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seulemou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yeleumeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zhelemus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gillemui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jellehmu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chellemu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngilemui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ilemut | 67 | 331 | / |
| Galimu | 67 | 263 | / |
| Silemu | 67 | 116 | / |
| Elimuu | 67 | 62 | / |
| Galamu | 67 | 53 | / |
| Selimu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Jelimu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gilimu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Golamu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Golimu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Elimus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Elimui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guilemaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Golomu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yolemu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helimu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elimut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Illemu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elemão | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djehlemou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gelemu
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