Gelu Surname
Approximately 1,376 people bear this surname
Gelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 485 | 1:272,679 | 24,616 |
| Papua New Guinea | 394 | 1:20,695 | 2,199 |
| France | 185 | 1:359,042 | 53,729 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| Hungary | 75 | 1:130,884 | 12,125 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Romania | 15 | 1:1,338,525 | 53,548 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Gélu (2) are calculated separately.
Gelu (8,676) may also be a first name.
Gelu Demographics
Average Gelu Salary in
United States
$27,662 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelu (Bengali: গেলু, Hindi: गेलू, Marathi: गेलू, Oriya: େଗଲୁ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gélu. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gelu.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 280,606th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,296,182 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Gelu live; 36 percent live in Southeast Asia and 36 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gelu is also the 67,345th most frequent forename globally It is held by 8,676 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 485 people, or 1 in 272,679. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 75 percent live, North Sulawesi, where 9 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 5 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.
Gelu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gelu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gelu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gelu surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gelu earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 77.15% less than the national average, earning R 54,300 per year and in United States they earn 35.89% less than the national average, earning $27,662 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelu in the Bengali language | ||
| গেলু | gelu | - |
| Gelu in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗଲୁ | egalu | 92.59 |
| େଗଳୁ | egalu | 3.7 |
| େଗଲୂ | egalu | 3.7 |
| Gelu in the Hindi language | ||
| गेलू | gelu | 78.47 |
| गेलु | gelu | 21.53 |
| Gelu in the Marathi language | ||
| गेलू | gelu | 55.56 |
| गेलु | gelu | 33.33 |
| गेळू | gelu | 11.11 |
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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 Gelu
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