Gelvin Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Gelvin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 582 | 1:622,782 | 50,324 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 148 | 1:339,315 | 26,182 |
Gelvin (677) may also be a first name.
Gelvin Demographics
Gelvin Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gelvin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelvin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gelvin (Marathi: गॅलवीन, Russian: Гэлвин) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gelvin.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelvin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 526,285th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Gelvin live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gelvin is also the 318,411th most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 677 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 582 people, or 1 in 622,782. In The United States Gelvin is most prevalent in: California, where 10 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 1 percent are found.
Gelvin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gelvin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gelvin surname grew 393 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gelvin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Gelvin last name are 19.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.5% registered to vote for the party.
Gelvin earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.56% more than the national average, earning $43,390 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gelvin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gelvin in the Marathi language | ||
| गॅलवीन | gelavina | 80 |
| मेलवीन | melavina | 20 |
| Gelvin in the Russian language | ||
| Гэлвин | gelvin | - |
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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 Gelvin
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