Jelečanin Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jelečanin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jelečanin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia881:48,0529,301
Serbia381:188,02511,798
Bosnia and Herzegovina251:141,4569,707

The alternate forms: Jelecanin (27) & Jelećanin (4) are calculated separately.

Jelečanin Last Name Facts

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

Jelečanin is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Jelecanin or Jelećanin. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jelečanin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jelečanin is the 1,428,594th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Jelečanin occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jelečanin live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Jelečanin is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 48,052. In Croatia Jelečanin is most numerous in: Osijek-Baranja County, where 41 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 28 percent live and Lika-Senj County, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 25 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jelecanin9627/
Jelećanin964/
Selečanin8938/
Jeličanin8926/
Jelićanin7826/
Jelicanin7826/
Seljčanin784/
Yelicanin6712/
Elychanin671/
Elychanina6310/
Yelichanina6027/
Gelissanint601/
Elisonina561/

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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 Jelečanin
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