Jelkić Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jelkić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jelkić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1031:69,3686,201
Croatia1011:41,8678,331
Bosnia and Herzegovina671:52,7826,435

The alternate forms: Jelkic (53) are calculated separately.

Jelkić Last Name Facts

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

Jelkić is more frequently found in Serbia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Jelkic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jelkić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 961,438th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Jelkić is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jelkić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

It is most frequent in Serbia, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 69,368. In Serbia Jelkić is mostly concentrated in: South Bačka District, where 64 percent live, Belgrade, where 21 percent live and South Banat District, where 13 percent live. Barring Serbia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 37 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jelkic9453/
Djelkić9225/
Jellkić921/
Selkić8373/
Jelcić8335/
Zilkić67697/
Helkeci6211/
Yelkich627/
Zelkich621/
Elkaich621/
Jelchici571/
Khelkich571/
Zilkic50123/
Elketz5011/
Hjlkjc501/
Zilkič501/
Zilkiç501/
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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 Jelkić
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