Gelles Surname
Approximately 1,054 people bear this surname
Gelles Surname User-submission:
Yiddish means 'son of a blonde woman'.
Gelles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 783 | 1:462,911 | 39,479 |
| Philippines | 91 | 1:1,112,508 | 90,748 |
| Austria | 56 | 1:152,061 | 20,229 |
| Poland | 36 | 1:1,055,799 | 73,637 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Gelles (18) may also be a first name.
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Gelles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelles (Russian: Геллес) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelles? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 346,917th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 6,914,180 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Gelles live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gelles is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 783 people, or 1 in 462,911. In The United States Gelles is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 15 percent reside and California, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent reside and Austria, where 5 percent reside.
Gelles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gelles has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gelles last name rose 13,050 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gelles Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gelles are 1.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.17% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gelles earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 135.89% more than the national average, earning S/. 45,727 per year and in United States they earn 35.5% more than the national average, earning $58,467 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelles Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelles in the Russian language | ||
| Геллес | gelles | - |
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Footnotes
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