Gelo Surname
Approximately 3,044 people bear this surname
Gelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 598 | 1:102,269 | 17,314 |
| United States | 481 | 1:753,553 | 58,836 |
| Spain | 416 | 1:112,385 | 8,899 |
| Croatia | 339 | 1:12,474 | 2,378 |
| Indonesia | 181 | 1:730,659 | 56,271 |
| Papua New Guinea | 138 | 1:59,085 | 7,566 |
| Poland | 137 | 1:277,436 | 33,871 |
| Philippines | 78 | 1:1,297,926 | 97,909 |
| Brazil | 70 | 1:3,058,205 | 88,974 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66 | 1:53,582 | 6,481 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Serbia | 47 | 1:152,020 | 10,433 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Mexico | 34 | 1:3,650,771 | 25,133 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Geló (10) are calculated separately.
Gelo (3,734) may also be a first name.
Gelo Demographics
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Gelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelo (Georgian: გელო, Hindi: गेलो, Oriya: େଗେଲା, Russian: Гело, Tibetan: དགེ་ལོ།) is found most in Italy. It can also appear as a variant: Geló. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 145,777th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,394,069 people. Gelo is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Gelo are found; 33 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 20 percent are found in Italic Europe. Gelo is also the 115,223rd most frequent forename world-wide, held by 3,734 people.
The surname Gelo is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is held by 598 people, or 1 in 102,269. In Italy Gelo is primarily found in: Sicily, where 56 percent live, Lombardy, where 13 percent live and Apulia, where 9 percent live. Outside of Italy this last name is found in 60 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Spain, where 14 percent live.
Gelo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gelo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gelo surname increased 3,207 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gelo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gelo surname is primarily Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Gelo are 7.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.91% registered with the political party.
The amount Gelo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.6% less than the national average, earning R 79,368 per year; in United States they earn 7.11% more than the national average, earning $46,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.64% less than the national average, earning $39,923 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelo in the Georgian language | ||
| გელო | gelo | - |
| Gelo in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ལོ། | gélo | - |
| Gelo in the Hindi language | ||
| गेलो | gelo | 87.5 |
| जिलो | jilo | 12.5 |
| Gelo in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗେଲା | egela | 80 |
| େଗଲ | egala | 20 |
| Gelo in the Russian language | ||
| Гело | gelo | - |
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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
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- 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 Gelo
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