Guelane Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Guelane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Guelane (78) may also be a first name.
Guelane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guelane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guelane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻥ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guelane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guelane is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Guelane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Guelane live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 78 people.
The surname Guelane is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Tagant Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 43 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guelane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guelane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻥ | klan | - |
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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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- 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 Guelane
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