Gelgör Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gelgör Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelgör Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4461:174,48713,272
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719

The alternate forms: Gelgor (75) are calculated separately.

Gelgör Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gelgör Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gelgör is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Gelgor. Click here for other possible spellings of Gelgör.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelgör? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gelgör is the 662,685th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Gelgör live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 174,487. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Sanliurfa Province, where 21 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 20 percent live and Corum Province, where 18 percent live. Excluding Turkey this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gelgor9475/
Gülgör831,124/
Gölgör8362/
Gelgur8311/
Gilgör836/
Gelgar832/
Gelgür831/
Gelgra831/
Gelagar7712/
Gelegar778/
Gelugor772/
Gelegor771/
Geligar771/
Gelgory770/
Gelgore770/
Ilgör73222/
Geligory714/
Geleguor712/
Geligari711/
Gelegori711/
Gellegar710/
Yılgör67432/
Gelker67124/
Gilgur6750/
Gilgar6737/
Gilgor6736/
Gelacr673/
Yilgör673/
Gellagher671/
Gellegher670/
Elgheur6212/
Zlgaer502/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gelgör
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