Gvelesyan Surname
Approximately 2,090 people bear this surname
Gvelesyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2,044 | 1:1,832 | 264 |
| Abkhazia | 46 | 1:5,280 | 930 |
Gvelesyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gvelesyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gvelesyan (Georgian: გველესიანი) is found most frequently in Georgia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gvelesyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gvelesyan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 199,831st most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,486,864 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gvelesyan are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The surname Gvelesyan is most frequently occurring in Georgia, where it is held by 2,044 people, or 1 in 1,832. In Georgia Gvelesyan is most common in: Tbilisi, where 40 percent are found, Imereti, where 38 percent are found and Kvemo Kartli, where 11 percent are found. Beside Georgia Gvelesyan exists in one country. It is also found in Abkhazia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gvelesyani | 95 | 2 | / |
| Gvelesıanı | 84 | 1 | / |
| Govelson | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gavelsson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guelissian | 63 | 5 | / |
Gvelesyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gvelesyan in the Georgian language | ||
| გველესიანი | gvelesiani | - |
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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 Gvelesyan
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