Gelhen Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Gelhen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Gelhen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelhen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelhen is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelhen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Gelhen is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Gelhen live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 4,459,882. In Brazil Gelhen is most prevalent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 38 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 38 percent live and Paraná, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil Gelhen occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 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 Gelhen
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