Gelleh Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Gelleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Somaliland | 9 | 1:388,909 | 1,001 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gelleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelleh occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gelleh.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelleh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gelleh reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gelleh is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 87 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Gombe, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Gelleh is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 31 percent reside and Somaliland, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Gelleh
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