Gelves Surname
Approximately 7,142 people bear this surname
Gelves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 4,513 | 1:10,586 | 1,096 |
| Venezuela | 1,450 | 1:20,830 | 1,490 |
| Argentina | 866 | 1:49,357 | 4,163 |
| Philippines | 136 | 1:744,399 | 73,733 |
| Uruguay | 59 | 1:58,165 | 6,298 |
| Chile | 55 | 1:320,300 | 9,085 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Gélves (2) are calculated separately.
Gelves (36) may also be a first name.
Gelves Demographics
Average Gelves Salary in
Colombia
$16,897,600 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Gelves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelves occurs more in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Gélves. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelves? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 69,397th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,020,379 people. The last name Gelves occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gelves are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 83 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 36 people.
The surname Gelves is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is held by 4,513 people, or 1 in 10,586. In Colombia Gelves is primarily concentrated in: Norte de Santander Department, where 56 percent live, Santander Department, where 22 percent live and Capital District, where 6 percent live. Not including Colombia Gelves is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 20 percent live and Argentina, where 12 percent live.
Gelves Last Name Statistics demography
Gelves earn significantly less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 25.57% less than the national average, earning $16,897,600 COP per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gelves
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