Gellaw Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Gellaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gellaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gellaw (16) may also be a first name.

Gellaw Last Name Facts

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

Gellaw is found most in Ethiopia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gellaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gellaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Gellaw is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Gellaw are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gellaw is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.

The last name Gellaw is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Without taking into account Ethiopia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gellow8334/
Gellab833/
Gellaf831/
Cellaw831/
Glaw80521/
Guellaf77551/
Guellow7712/
Saellaw772/
Dgellab772/
Ghellaf771/
Gehllab771/
Glawe732,171/
Sllaw732/
Gllab731/
Glawz730/
Guellaff7127/
Ghelllaf711/
Sellaf671,669/
Gillow67923/
Sellow67741/
Jellow67390/
Ghllab67214/
Jellaf67170/
Zellow6729/
Cellav6722/
Zellab6715/
Gellov677/
Gyllow676/
Gillab672/
Geelow672/
Zellaf671/
Sellav671/

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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 Gellaw
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