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) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghellah? popularity and diffusion
Ghellah is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Ghellah is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghellah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Brakna Region, where 81 percent live and Trarza Region, where 19 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 4 percent live.
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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