Jellah Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Jellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 139 | 1:31,716 | 2,998 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Jellah (105) may also be a first name.
Jellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻼﻩ) is found most frequently in Liberia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jellah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jellah is the 1,272,314th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jellah are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Jellah is also the 920,134th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 105 people.
The surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 31,716. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Grand Gedeh County, where 83 percent live, Bomi County, where 8 percent live and Sinoe County, where 5 percent live. Aside from Liberia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 11 percent live and Tanzania, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jellah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻼﻩ | jlah | - |
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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 Jellah
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