Jelas Surname
Approximately 1,237 people bear this surname
Jelas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 673 | 1:78,665 | 8,108 |
| Malaysia | 313 | 1:94,231 | 6,529 |
| Indonesia | 162 | 1:816,353 | 61,944 |
| New Zealand | 52 | 1:87,083 | 12,256 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Jelaš (204) are calculated separately.
Jelas (935) may also be a first name.
Jelas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jelas (Hindi: जेलस, Marathi: जेळस) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Jelaš. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 305,837th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,891,306 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Jelas live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 264,385th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 935 people.
The last name Jelas is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 673 people, or 1 in 78,665. In Tanzania Jelas is mostly found in: Katavi Region, where 49 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 41 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jelas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jelas in the Hindi language | ||
| जेलस | jelasa | - |
| Jelas in the Marathi language | ||
| जेळस | jelasa | 66.67 |
| जेलस | jelasa | 33.33 |
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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 Jelas
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