Jelič Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Jelič Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jelič Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia291:366,67143,532
Slovenia281:88,84611,009
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Jelić (14,219) & Jelic (1,578) are calculated separately.

Jelič Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jelič is borne by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Jelić or Jelic. For other potential spellings of Jelič click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jelič? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jelič is the 2,530,696th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jelič live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Czechia, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 366,671. In Czechia Jelič is most numerous in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 45 percent reside, Central Bohemian Region, where 31 percent reside and South Bohemian Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Czechia Jelič is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 48 percent reside and North Macedonia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jelić9314,219/
Jelic931,578/
Selič80586/
Jeleč80417/
Zelič80259/
Jelis80155/
Celič8035/
Gelič804/
Jelix801/
Jeliz801/
Jeličová7730/
Jellis73757/
Jelich73432/
Jelics7366/
Djelić7361/
Jelijs7339/
Jelicz7322/
Jhelis7318/
Jelish7316/
Jelici734/
Jellic732/
Jellix732/
Jelaić732/
Jealis731/
Jeelis731/
Jellici6791/
Elić6777/
Jellish6761/
Jellich6727/
Jelitch671/
Jeliosz671/
Jeallis671/
Jellics670/

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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 Jelič
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