Jelleh Surname
Approximately 473 people bear this surname
Jelleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 468 | 1:9,420 | 1,058 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Jelleh (15) may also be a first name.
Jelleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jelleh is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Jelleh.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelleh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jelleh is the 642,034th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,407,074 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jelleh are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Jelleh is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 468 people, or 1 in 9,420. In Liberia Jelleh is most common in: Sinoe County, where 32 percent reside, Grand Gedeh County, where 31 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 27 percent reside. Not including Liberia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 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
- 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 Jelleh
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