Gyelshen Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Gyelshen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyelshen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gyelshen Last Name Facts

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

Gyelshen (Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མཚན།) is more frequently found in Bhutan than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Gyelshen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyelshen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Gyelshen is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Gyelshen are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Tibeto-South Asia.

The last name is most numerous in Bhutan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 308,020. In Bhutan it is most prevalent in: Haa District, where 50 percent live and Sarpang District, where 50 percent live. Not including Bhutan this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gyelshen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gyelshen in the Tibetan language
རྒྱལ་མཚན།gyaltsen-

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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 Gyelshen
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