Gvelesyan Surname

199,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Gvelesyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gvelesyan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia2,0441:1,832264
Abkhazia461:5,280930

Gvelesyan Last Name Facts

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

Gvelesyan (Georgian: გველესიანი) occurs in Georgia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gvelesyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 199,831st most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,486,864 people. The surname Gvelesyan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gvelesyan live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.

This surname is most widespread in Georgia, where it is carried by 2,044 people, or 1 in 1,832. In Georgia it is most numerous in: Tbilisi, where 40 percent reside, Imereti, where 38 percent reside and Kvemo Kartli, where 11 percent reside. Other than Georgia it is found in one country. It is also found in Abkhazia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gvelesyani952/
Gvelesıanı841/
Govelson710/
Gavelsson671/
Guelissian635/

Gvelesyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gvelesyan in the Georgian language
გველესიანიgvelesiani-

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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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