Gheltu Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Gheltu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gheltu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania861:233,46422,424
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Gheltu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gheltu has its highest incidence in Romania. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gheltu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,980,395th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Gheltu occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gheltu reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

It is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 233,464. In Romania Gheltu is mostly found in: Vaslui County, where 99 percent reside and Hunedoara County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Romania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geltu912/
Gholtu833/
Gltu801/
Gueltou771/
Goltu7342/
Giltu738/
Galtu732/
Gelthaus7133/
Golthu6716/
Gletus676/
Gletou672/
Galtau672/
Goltou671/
Gültuğ671/
Giltus671/
Glettus621/
Gilthou621/
Gilltus621/
Guiltaux5734/
Gletoe502/
Guilthault500/
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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 Gheltu
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