Ghelen Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Ghelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 94 | 1:2,277,387 | 70,617 |
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| Netherlands | 44 | 1:383,799 | 41,363 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ghelen (47) may also be a first name.
Ghelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghelen occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghelen? popularity and diffusion
Ghelen is the 1,115,011th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname Ghelen occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Ghelen live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. Ghelen is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 47 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 2,277,387. In Brazil Ghelen is most numerous in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 64 percent are found, Paraná, where 16 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 10 percent are found. Besides Brazil this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 33 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Ghelen
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