Zaloha Surname

462,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 729 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Zaloha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zaloha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine6991:65,1259,358
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Záloha (48) are calculated separately.

Zaloha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zaloha occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Záloha. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zaloha? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zaloha is the 462,693rd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 9,996,634 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zaloha live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 699 people, or 1 in 65,125. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 27 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 14 percent live and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 9 percent live. Excluding Ukraine Zaloha exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent live and Latvia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Záloha9448/
Zaloa911/
Zaloua8326/
Zoloha836/
Zalloua7754/
Zoloa73125/
Caloa7311/
Zalao736/
Calaoa67104/
Calhao6782/
Záleha6718/
Zaalao6717/
Zoloho677/
Chaloa676/
Calhoa676/
Calloa674/
Caloaj674/
Calioa672/
Zalaou672/
Cailoa672/
Caloay671/
Calhôa671/
Zoloua671/
Zailao671/
Zealao671/

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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 Zaloha
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