Gelesa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Gelesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gelesa (23) may also be a first name.
Gelesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelesa is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Gelesa live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Gelesa is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 83 percent live and Enga, where 17 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Ethiopia, where 8 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
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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 Gelesa
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