Gelova Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Gelova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 207 | 1:33,715 | 2,607 |
| North Macedonia | 8 | 1:262,684 | 15,306 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Gelová (80) are calculated separately.
Gelova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelova (Arabic: جلفي, Russian: Гелова) occurs in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Gelová. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelova? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,092,155th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Gelova is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Gelova reside; 96 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Gelova is most widespread in Bulgaria, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 33,715. In Bulgaria it is most common in: Sofia Province, where 23 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 23 percent live and Montana Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Bulgaria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in North Macedonia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelova in the Russian language | ||
| Гелова | gelova | - |
| Gelova in the Arabic language | ||
| جلفي | jlfy | - |
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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 Gelova
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