Zavelca Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Zavelca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 134 | 1:149,835 | 15,881 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Zavelcă (1) & Zăvelcă (34) are calculated separately.
Zavelca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zavelca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zavelca occurs most in Romania. It may also be found as a variant: Zavelcă or Zăvelcă. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zavelca? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,415,499th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname Zavelca is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zavelca live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Zavelca is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 149,835. In Romania it is most numerous in: Constanța County, where 46 percent live, Olt County, where 29 percent live and Gorj County, where 19 percent live. Beside Romania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 12 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zavelcă | 95 | 1 | / |
| Zăvelcă | 90 | 34 | / |
| Zavalka | 71 | 74 | / |
| Šavelka | 71 | 20 | / |
| Savalca | 71 | 13 | / |
| Savelka | 71 | 11 | / |
| Cavelka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shavelka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zavalko | 57 | 1,822 | / |
| Savelko | 57 | 170 | / |
| Sevelka | 57 | 16 | / |
| Zavolko | 57 | 13 | / |
| Savelki | 57 | 2 | / |
| Šavelko | 57 | 1 | / |
| Zavilko | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shavelko | 53 | 117 | / |
| Giavalka | 53 | 17 | / |
| Szawelko | 53 | 6 | / |
| Savalkha | 53 | 3 | / |
| Zavalkou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Savelkous | 50 | 10 | / |
| Schawelka | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Zavelca
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