Gelpo Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Gelpo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelpo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gelpo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gelpo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gelpo (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་པོ།) is found most frequently in Bhutan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelpo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Gelpo reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia.

The last name is most frequent in Bhutan, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 308,020. In Bhutan Gelpo is primarily concentrated in: Sarpang District, where 100 percent live. Aside from Bhutan it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gelpod911/
Ngelpo911/
Gelpot910/
Elpo8933/
Guelpho836/
Elpop806,986/
Ielpo802,096/
Elpos80653/
Selpo80370/
Yelpo80319/
Gilpo80174/
Gelpa8031/
Zelpo8024/
Jelpo8015/
Glepo8012/
Celpo8011/
Elpoz806/
Gylpo802/
Guelpa73891/
Elpoop73397/
Elposs73122/
Ellpop73122/
Selpou7314/
Gailpo7314/
Elpohy739/
Elphoo734/
Gilpot732/
Chelpo731/
Khelpo731/
Selpho730/
Elpa671,653/
Chielpo6755/
Sielpho6742/
Hielpos6717/
Guelpaz678/
Ilpo673/
Glpa672/
Sehlpho671/
Gilpoos671/
Guelpas671/

Gelpo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gelpo in the Tibetan language
རྒྱལ་པོ།gyalpo66.67
རྒྱལ་པོ་gyalpo33.33

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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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  • 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 Gelpo
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