Gelenga Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Gelenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 169 | 1:231,002 | 17,681 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gelenga (11) may also be a first name.
Gelenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelenga (Oriya: େଗେଳ) is found most in Uganda. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelenga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,133,308th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gelenga are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Gelenga is also the 3,487,849th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 231,002. In Uganda Gelenga is most numerous in: Koboko District, where 90 percent reside, Arua District, where 3 percent reside and Maracha District, where 3 percent reside. Besides Uganda Gelenga is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelenga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelenga in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗେଳ | egela | - |
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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 Gelenga
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