Jelah Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Jelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Jelah (247) may also be a first name.
Jelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jelah is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jelah is the 2,352,516th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Jelah are found; 56 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 48 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jelah is also the 567,531st most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 247 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,843,389. In Malaysia Jelah is mostly found in: Sabah, where 38 percent reside, Sarawak, where 38 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 21 percent reside.
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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 Jelah
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