Jeleč Surname
Approximately 417 people bear this surname
Jeleč Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 236 | 1:17,918 | 3,658 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 176 | 1:20,093 | 3,511 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Jelec (236) & Jeleć (34) are calculated separately.
Jeleč Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeleč Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jeleč occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Jelec or Jeleć. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeleč? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 704,927th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. Jeleč is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jeleč live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Croatia, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 17,918. In Croatia it is most numerous in: Zagreb County, where 38 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 31 percent reside and Brod-Posavina County, where 14 percent reside. Besides Croatia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 42 percent reside and Serbia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Jeleč
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