Szeląg Surname

65,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Szeląg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Szeląg 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
Poland7,5941:5,005578
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
England11:55,718,059489,080

Szeląg Last Name Facts

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

Szeląg is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Szeląg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Szeląg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 65,677th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 959,266 people. The surname Szeląg is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Szeląg are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Szeląg is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 7,594 people, or 1 in 5,005. Beside Poland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 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
Sieląg8314/
Szełąg837/
Szaląg831/
Szeląk831/
Szelągová802/
Szelong77312/
Szelang771/
Selong671,117/
Selang671,067/
Selgan6726/
Zelang6714/
Zelong678/
Selomg672/
Selgon671/
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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 Szeląg
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