Gelom Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gelom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gelom (26) may also be a first name.
Gelom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelom is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gelom click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gelom is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Gelom are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 26 people.
The last name Gelom is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Gelom is most common in: West New Britain, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 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 Gelom
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