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
Gelesa is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Gelesa is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Gelesa reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gelesa is also the 2,239,265th most common first name worldwide It is held by 23 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 83 percent are found and Enga, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Gelesa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 8 percent are found.
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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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