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
Gelhen is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gelhen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelhen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Gelhen are found; 96 percent are found in South America and 96 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 4,459,882. In Brazil Gelhen is most common in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 38 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 38 percent live and Paraná, where 17 percent live. Excluding Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Gelhen
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