Jelia Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Jelia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 310 | 1:12,082 | 2,555 |
| Indonesia | 259 | 1:510,615 | 41,633 |
| Abkhazia | 59 | 1:4,116 | 802 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Jelia (1,941) may also be a first name.
Jelia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jelia (Georgian: ჯელია, Marathi: जेलीआ) is most common in Georgia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Jelia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 465,182nd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Jelia reside; 51 percent reside in West Asia and 43 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia. Jelia is also the 172,127th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,941 people.
The surname Jelia is most commonly held in Georgia, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 12,082. In Georgia Jelia is most numerous in: Tbilisi, where 28 percent live, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 27 percent live and Samtskhe-Javakheti, where 15 percent live. Barring Georgia this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 36 percent live and Abkhazia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jelia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jelia in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯელია | jelia | - |
| Jelia in the Marathi language | ||
| जेलीआ | jeli'a | - |
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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 Jelia
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