Gelne Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Gelne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Turkey | 19 | 1:4,095,864 | 99,768 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gelne (14) may also be a first name.
Gelne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelne is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gelne.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelne? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gelne is the 2,460,878th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Gelne live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 14 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea Gelne is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 95 percent live and Jiwaka, where 5 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 31 percent live and Brazil, where 2 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 Gelne
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