Guelah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Guelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Guelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guelah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻩ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guelah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guelah is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Guelah live; 48 percent live in Central Africa and 48 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Guelah is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Guelah is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 92 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 26 percent reside and Liberia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guelah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guelah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻩ | klah | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻼﺡ | klah | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Guelah
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