Gleesen Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gleesen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
Gleesen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gleesen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gleesen is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gleesen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gleesen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Gleesen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Gleesen live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gleesen is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.
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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 Gleesen
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