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
The last name Gelenga (Oriya: େଗେଳ) is found most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gelenga is the 1,133,308th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gelenga live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Gelenga is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 231,002. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Koboko District, where 90 percent are found, Arua District, where 3 percent are found and Maracha District, where 3 percent are found. Barring Uganda Gelenga exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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
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- 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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