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 occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Elsani or Elşani. For other possible spellings of Elšani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elšani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Elšani live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 302,043. In Croatia Elšani is most common in: City of Zagreb, where 36 percent are found, Varaždin County, where 29 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Croatia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 37 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 7 percent are found.

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
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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 Elšani
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