Gelila Surname
Approximately 3,278 people bear this surname
Gelila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,059 | 1:31,888 | 3,759 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gelila (6,686) may also be a first name.
Gelila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelila is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelila? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,853rd most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,223,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelila reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 79,932nd most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 6,686 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 3,059 people, or 1 in 31,888. Not including Ethiopia it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 7 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 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 Gelila
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