Marčelja Surname

742,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Marčelja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Marčelja 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
Croatia3831:11,0412,052
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Marcelja (136) are calculated separately.

Marčelja Last Name Facts

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

Marčelja is found most frequently in Croatia. It may be rendered as: Marcelja. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marčelja? popularity and diffusion

Marčelja is the 742,570th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Marčelja are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 383 people, or 1 in 11,041. In Croatia it is most numerous in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 73 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 8 percent reside and Sisak-Moslavina County, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Croatia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 1 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.

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
Marcelja96136/
Martselea711/
Marceleau711/
Marcelijo711/
Marceleo63745/
Marcelie633/
Marchelie5932/
Marceillie562/
Marcileo501/
Marcilie501/

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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 Marčelja
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