Gelima Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Gelima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gélima (2) are calculated separately.
Gelima (102) may also be a first name.
Gelima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelima (Marathi: गेलीमा, Oriya: େଗଲିମା) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Gélima. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gelima is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Gelima occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Gelima are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 59 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 935,178th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 102 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,457,852. In Malaysia Gelima is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 92 percent live and Malacca, where 8 percent live. Other than Malaysia it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelima in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗଲିମା | egalima | - |
| Gelima in the Marathi language | ||
| गेलीमा | gelima | - |
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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 Gelima
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