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
Jelah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jelah is the 2,352,516th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Jelah reside; 56 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 567,531st most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 247 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,843,389. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sabah, where 38 percent are found, Sarawak, where 38 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 6 percent are found. Other than Malaysia Jelah exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 21 percent are found.
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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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