Velias Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Velias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 17 | 1:171,415 | 12,549 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Velias (15) may also be a first name.
Velias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Velias (Russian: Велиас) occurs most in Albania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Velias? popularity and diffusion
The surname Velias is the 2,843,861st most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Velias reside; 38 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 36 percent reside in Albano-Europe. Velias is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most frequent in Albania, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 171,415. In Albania Velias is mostly concentrated in: Tirana County, where 35 percent reside, Elbasan County, where 18 percent reside and Fier County, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Albania it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 21 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velias Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velias in the Russian language | ||
| Велиас | velias | - |
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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
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- 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 Velias
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