Gelvey Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Gelvey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 36 | 1:263,918 | 30,781 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
Gelvey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelvey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelvey (Russian: Гельвей) occurs most in Belarus. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelvey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gelvey reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The surname Gelvey is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 263,918. In Belarus it is primarily concentrated in: Grodno Region, where 86 percent are found, Minsk, where 11 percent are found and Minsk Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Belarus this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelvey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelvey in the Russian language | ||
| Гельвей | gelvej | - |
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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 Gelvey
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