Ghelesel Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ghelesel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghelesel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania281:717,06748,956
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Gheleşel (8) are calculated separately.

Ghelesel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ghelesel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ghelesel occurs most in Romania. It can also occur as a variant: Gheleşel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghelesel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ghelesel is the 3,323,005th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Ghelesel reside; 80 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 80 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 717,067. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 96 percent are found and Iași County, where 4 percent are found. Barring Romania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 17 percent are found and Venezuela, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gheleşel968/
Geletel801/
Geleșel801/
Gelisel801/
Gelissel750/
Gelgel711,965/
Golsel71118/
Gelele7113/
Geleil714/
Galasel6749/
Golasel6743/
Guelele6712/
Galssel673/
Ghelile672/
Geleile671/
Gelhiel671/

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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 Ghelesel
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