Gelfand is used as a family name or surname in Israel. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gelfand
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Israel
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gelfand

How popular is Gelfand?

Gelfand is common in Israel.

Gelfand is ranked 81598 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gelfand bearers increased by 3.600294 per cent in 2010 US census to 1410 since 2000, the surname slipped by 578 spots and ranked at 19234. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.52 96.99
Hispanic or Latino 1.35 1.03
Others 1.28 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0.66
Gelfand is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 5364 people have been found who wears Gelfand as their family name. Gelfand is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,072 Azerbaijan9
147,165 Czech Republic2
90,903 Moldova1
810,193 Indonesia1
120,357 Argentina1
9,591 Panama1
118,015 Netherlands1
56,169 Mexico1
28,365 Kenya1
1,879 Belize1
151,601 Spain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
80,267 Kazakhstan24
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,910 Belarus78
33,928 Australia65
73,831 Ukraine62
5,963 Latvia58
Countries with hundreds of Gelfand:
20,699 Germany504
32,335 Russia476
13,847 Canada272
Countries with thousands of Gelfand:
14,668 United States2,308
712 Israel1,449
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Gelfand Namesakes

  • Israel Gelfand, Mathematician
  • Boris Gelfand, Chess Player
  • Israel Gelfand, Mathematician
  • Israel Gelfand, Mathematician
  • Israel Gelfand, Mathematician
  • Israel Gelfand, Mathematician
  • James Gelfand, Pianist
  • Susan Gelfand Malka, Author
  • Nella Gelfand, Boris Gelfand's mother
  • Nella Gelfand, Boris Gelfand's mother

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