Guelo Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Guelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 63 | 1:291,303 | 5,283 |
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Guelo (52) may also be a first name.
Guelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guelo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻠﻮ) is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Guelo.
How Common Is The Last Name Guelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guelo is the 1,177,228th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname Guelo is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Guelo live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 52 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 291,303. In Burkina Faso Guelo is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 86 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 29 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guelo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guelo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻠﻮ | klw | - |
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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 Guelo
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