Gzhelyak Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Gzhelyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gzhelyak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497

Gzhelyak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gzhelyak (Russian: Гжеляк) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gzhelyak? popularity and diffusion

Gzhelyak is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gzhelyak are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Russia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 20,589,008. In Russia Gzhelyak is most frequent in: Krasnodar Krai, where 43 percent live, Moscow, where 29 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 29 percent live. Without taking into account Russia Gzhelyak occurs in one country. It is also common in Belarus, where 36 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grzhelyak943/
Gchelak801/
Gtzelak801/
Gzhelik801/
Grzelack758/
Kuzhelyuk71225/
Kozhelyuk7186/
Grzelok672/
Xehelak671/
Cselak5722/
Gjelag573/
Gjelhaug5063/
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Gzhelyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gzhelyak in the Russian language
Гжелякgzelak-

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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 Gzhelyak
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