Gelimang Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Gelimang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelimang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Gelimang Last Name Facts

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

Gelimang is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelimang? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gelimang is the 3,665,662nd most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Gelimang live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,053,365. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 96 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia it exists in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 3 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 Gelimang
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