Velah Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Velah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Velah (45) may also be a first name.
Velah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Velah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻠﺢ) is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Velah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Velah live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most common first name at a global level It is held by 45 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,774,710. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Montagnes District, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Velah exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻠﺢ | flh | 87.5 |
| ﻓﻼﺡ | flah | 12.5 |
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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 Velah
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