Gelung Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Gelung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Gelung (66) may also be a first name.
Gelung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gelung (Russian: Гелунг, Tibetan: དགེ་ལུང།) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelung? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,701,480th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Gelung reside; 81 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gelung is also the 1,201,840th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 66 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,453,288. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Kalimantan, where 52 percent reside, Bangka Belitung Islands, where 43 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 9 percent reside and Germany, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelung Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelung in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ལུང། | gélung | - |
| Gelung in the Russian language | ||
| Гелунг | gelung | - |
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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 Gelung
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