Geleson Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Geleson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Tanzania | 58 | 1:912,786 | 44,301 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
Geleson (40) may also be a first name.
Geleson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geleson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Geleson is most common in Malawi. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geleson? popularity and diffusion
Geleson is the 1,006,539th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname Geleson occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Geleson reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Geleson is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 40 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Geleson
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