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 held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gleesen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gleesen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Gleesen is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Gleesen are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Gleesen is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Gleesen is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Other than South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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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