Gelov Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Gelov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 201 | 1:34,721 | 2,653 |
| North Macedonia | 45 | 1:46,699 | 5,092 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Gelov (18) may also be a first name.
Gelov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelov Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelov (Marathi: गेलोव, Russian: Гелов) is found most frequently in Bulgaria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelov? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 930,678th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. Gelov occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Gelov are found; 88 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Gelov is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 34,721. In Bulgaria Gelov is primarily concentrated in: Sofia Province, where 24 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 23 percent live and Pleven Province, where 10 percent live. Not including Bulgaria it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelov in the Marathi language | ||
| गेलोव | gelova | - |
| Gelov in the Russian language | ||
| Гелов | gelov | - |
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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 Gelov
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