Gelewa Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Gelewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
Gelewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelewa is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gelewa is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelewa reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 60 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Gelewa is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Beside The DR Congo it exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 40 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 Gelewa
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