Gelman Surname
Approximately 5,523 people bear this surname
Gelman Surname Definition:
(German) The money man, perhaps a money changer.
Read More About This SurnameGelman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,462 | 1:104,696 | 11,513 |
| Russia | 746 | 1:193,194 | 21,390 |
| Argentina | 327 | 1:130,714 | 11,069 |
| Canada | 152 | 1:242,405 | 23,093 |
| Brazil | 90 | 1:2,378,604 | 73,132 |
| Germany | 84 | 1:958,398 | 66,883 |
| South Africa | 70 | 1:773,967 | 53,253 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Belarus | 58 | 1:163,811 | 22,061 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Transnistria | 53 | 1:8,957 | 1,813 |
| Kazakhstan | 50 | 1:353,650 | 28,520 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 109 | 1:460,722 | 33,053 |
Gelman (543) may also be a first name.
Gelman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) The money man, perhaps a money changer.
User-submitted Reference
Gelman is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Geller. Jewish (Ashkenazic): it is a nickname for a person with fair hair or a light complexion, a derivative of Heller. The initial G is due to Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters h to g in borrowed words.
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Average Gelman Salary in
United States
$57,197 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gelman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelman (Arabic: جلمان, Georgian: გელმან, Hindi: गेलमन, Russian: Гельман) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelman? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 87,145th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,319,490 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Gelman live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 361,572nd most widely held first name internationally, held by 543 people.
The last name Gelman is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 3,462 people, or 1 in 104,696. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 25 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The United States Gelman occurs in 55 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 14 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.
Gelman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gelman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gelman surname grew 3,176 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gelman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (80%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Gelman last name are 41.43% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.66% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gelman earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 64.86% more than the national average, earning R 391,764 per year; in United States they earn 32.56% more than the national average, earning $57,197 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.23% more than the national average, earning $69,668 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelman in the Georgian language | ||
| გელმან | gelman | - |
| Gelman in the Hindi language | ||
| गेलमन | gelamana | - |
| Gelman in the Russian language | ||
| Гельман | gelman | - |
| Gelman in the Arabic language | ||
| جلمان | jlman | - |
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Gelman Reference & Research
Elman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Elman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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