Gherlea Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Gherlea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 277 | 1:72,483 | 8,637 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gherlea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gherlea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gherlea occurs most in Romania. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gherlea.
How Common Is The Last Name Gherlea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gherlea is the 924,083rd most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The last name Gherlea occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gherlea are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Romania, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 72,483. In Romania it is most common in: Bihor County, where 90 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 7 percent reside and Arad County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Romania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gherlea
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