Jelad Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Jelad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Jelad (113) may also be a first name.
Jelad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jelad (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻼﺩ) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Jelad.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelad? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jelad is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name Jelad occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Jelad live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Jelad is also the 881,625th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 113 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 423,533. In Tanzania Jelad is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent live and Geita Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 13 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jelad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jelad in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺠﻼﺩ | aljlad | 50 |
| ﺟﻼﺩ | jlad | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jelad
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