Gelve Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Gelve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 117 | 1:665,140 | 34,634 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Gelvé (1) are calculated separately.
Gelve (21) may also be a first name.
Gelve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelve is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Gelvé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelve? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,276,805th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 65 percent of Gelve reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 62 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Gelve is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.
Gelve is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 665,140. In Turkey Gelve is primarily found in: Kayseri Province, where 64 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 12 percent reside and Agri Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Turkey this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 14 percent reside and Venezuela, where 8 percent reside.
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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
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