Jejelava Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Jejelava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jejelava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia1151:32,5704,948
Abkhazia501:4,857887
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Jejelava Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jejelava (Georgian: ჯეჯელავა) is found in Georgia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jejelava? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jejelava is the 1,315,412th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname Jejelava is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Jejelava live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.

The surname is most frequently held in Georgia, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 32,570. In Georgia Jejelava is most prevalent in: Tbilisi, where 57 percent live, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 23 percent live and Imereti, where 7 percent live. Not including Georgia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Abkhazia, where 29 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jijelava88944/
Ejelavi803/
Jeelova802/
Ejalava801/
Djidjelava783/
Chejlava7568/
Jijilava757/
Jejelowa753/
Jejelewa753/
Jijalava751/
Jajulavad7118/
Jegilavad711/
Jajalavad711/
Hejlova6715/
Jailava6711/
Jojlova671/
Jeelawy671/
Hejlawa671/
Jeelawi671/

Jejelava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jejelava in the Georgian language
ჯეჯელავაjejelava-

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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 Jejelava
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