Ghelab Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Ghelab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 189 | 1:204,400 | 24,119 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ghelab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghelab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghelab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻼﺏ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghelab? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghelab is the 1,073,555th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Ghelab reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 82 percent reside in Mahgreb.
Ghelab is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 204,400. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Sétif Province, where 71 percent are found, Guelma Province, where 27 percent are found and Aïn Defla Province, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Algeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 14 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghellab | 92 | 4,482 | / |
| Gelab | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ghelllab | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ghelap | 83 | 30 | / |
| Guelab | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ngelab | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ghilab | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ghelape | 77 | 6 | / |
| Guelaib | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ghelaph | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guelaab | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gelav | 73 | 147 | / |
| Gilab | 73 | 38 | / |
| Gelap | 73 | 33 | / |
| Gelob | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gelape | 67 | 137 | / |
| Guilab | 67 | 92 | / |
| Giliab | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gailab | 67 | 8 | / |
| Geliap | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gelobh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gaylab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Guylab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Geleap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghilap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gelhob | 67 | 0 | / |
Ghelab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghelab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻼﺏ | qlab | - |
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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 Ghelab
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