Ghellah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Ghellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Ghellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻼﻩ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghellah? popularity and diffusion
Ghellah is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Ghellah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghellah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 81 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 19 percent reside. Barring Mauritania Ghellah occurs in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghellah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻼﻩ | qlah | 76.92 |
| ﻏﻼﻩ | ghlah | 23.08 |
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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 Ghellah
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