Tselentis Surname

519,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Tselentis Surname User-submission:

From the Ionian Greek island of Cephalonia, those bearing the name Tselenti are unaware of their Italian origins. Modern Greeks west of the dodecanese in the eastern Aegean can pronounce the Italian ce/ci (Eng che/chi) and thus it became tsi, and a t after an n in modern Greek is pronounced nd to be pronounced "TsellEndi".

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Tselentis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3961:27,9794,281
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Norway71:734,61250,907
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tselentis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the Ionian Greek island of Cephalonia, those bearing the name Tselenti are unaware of their Italian origins. Modern Greeks west of the dodecanese in the eastern Aegean can pronounce the Italian ce/ci (Eng che/chi) and thus it became tsi, and a t after an n in modern Greek is pronounced nd to be pronounced "TsellEndi".

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Tselentis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tselentis (Russian: Целентис) occurs most in Greece. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tselentis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 519,402nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,622,880 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Tselentis are found; 63 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 63 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Greece, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 27,979. In Greece Tselentis is most common in: Attica, where 52 percent live, South Aegean, where 26 percent live and Ionian Islands, where 12 percent live. Outside of Greece it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live.

Tselentis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tselentis are 5.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.38% registered with the party.

The amount Tselentis earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.74% more than the national average, earning 490,525 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 122.91% more than the national average, earning R 529,728 per year and in United States they earn 19.36% less than the national average, earning $34,795 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tselenti94239/
Tselentys893/
Tselenta824/
Chelentis784/
Celenti7518/
Tsilenty711/
Celentes710/
Cilenti631,355/
Çilenti63694/
Celente63195/
Celenta63122/
Zelenty6329/
Zelente634/
Chilenti592/
Cilente50171/
Cilenta5013/
Celintj501/

Tselentis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tselentis in the Russian language
Целентисcelentis-

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