Elšani Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
North Macedonia

Elšani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elšani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia141:302,04329,715
North Macedonia101:210,14713,835
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

The alternate forms: Elsani (272) & Elşani (27) are calculated separately.

Elšani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Elšani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Elšani is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Elsani or Elşani. Click here to see other possible spellings of Elšani.

How Common Is The Last Name Elšani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Elšani occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Elšani reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 302,043. In Croatia Elšani is mostly concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 36 percent live, Varaždin County, where 29 percent live and Zagreb County, where 21 percent live. Excluding Croatia Elšani exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in North Macedonia, where 37 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elsani94272/
Elşani9427/
Helšani923/
Eljani8320/
Elshani775,961/
Elsamni77221/
Elsanie77200/
Yelsani7710/
Elzaini777/
Helsani776/
Elzanie775/
Eljauni774/
Elsanei774/
Elchani772/
Elsangi771/
Ellsani771/
Ealsani771/
Esljani771/
Eljhani771/
Elsaini771/
Elzaniy771/
Helshani71637/
Elhsaini71204/
Yelsangi7180/
Gelesani719/
Elzahani714/
Yellsani713/
Yelssani711/
Eljaneid711/
Elhsayni711/
Elhshani711/
Ellshani711/
Elshaini711/
Elzany67549/
Elsana6726/
Eljoni6714/
Elsoni6711/
Elhssaini675/
Elsany675/
Ilsani675/
Iljani672/
Yellesani671/
Ylsani671/
Elsane671/

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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 Elšani
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