Gjelina Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Gjelina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gjelina 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
Albania131:224,15814,039
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Gjelina (414) may also be a first name.

Gjelina Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gjelina occurs more in Albania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjelina? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Gjelina is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Gjelina reside; 82 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 76 percent reside in Albano-Europe. Gjelina is also the 422,632nd most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 414 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Albania, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 224,158. In Albania Gjelina is mostly found in: Elbasan County, where 77 percent reside and Fier County, where 23 percent reside. Not including Albania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Greece, where 6 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
Ngjelina9338/
Gjelin921/
Gjylina861/
Gzhelina8011/
Nggelina805/
Gjellien804/
Geilin7722/
Geiling712,379/
Gjylena7112/
Geilink716/
Kselina712/
Xelinha711/
Gjilena711/
Geislin710/
Geisling6716/
Hæggelin672/
Geilling671/
Ghieslin670/
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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 Gjelina
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