Jelža Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Jelža Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Jelza (2) are calculated separately.
Jelža Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelža Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jelža has its highest incidence in Slovakia. It can be rendered as a variant: Jelza. For other possible spellings of Jelža click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelža? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jelža is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jelža live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 667,056. In Slovakia Jelža is most common in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Slovakia Jelža occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 18 percent are found and Czechia, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Jelža
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