Glé Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Togo

Glé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France81:8,302,840321,660
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

The alternate forms: Gle (3,888) & Glê (1) are calculated separately.

Glé Last Name Facts

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

The last name Glé is found most in France. It can also occur as: Gle or Glê. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Glé? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Glé is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Glé are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 8,302,840. In France Glé is primarily concentrated in: Grand Est, where 38 percent live, Île-de-France, where 38 percent live and Brittany, where 13 percent live. Other than France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gle893,888/
Glê891/
Gléz861/
Gillé7594/
Gellé7549/
Gla672,158/
Gli671,485/
Gellér67556/
Gly67170/
Guillé6751/
Gellée6711/
Ghellé678/
Glj678/
Guellé675/
Gillés672/

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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 Glé
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