Zavelca Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Zavelca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zavelca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1341:149,83515,881
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
England11:55,718,059489,080

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 last name Zavelca occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Zavelcă or Zăvelcă. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zavelca? popularity and diffusion

Zavelca is the 1,415,499th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. Zavelca is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zavelca are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 149,835. In Romania Zavelca is mostly found in: Constanța County, where 46 percent live, Olt County, where 29 percent live and Gorj County, where 19 percent live. Apart from Romania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 12 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zavelcă951/
Zăvelcă9034/
Zavalka7174/
Šavelka7120/
Savalca7113/
Savelka7111/
Cavelka711/
Shavelka671/
Zavalko571,822/
Savelko57170/
Sevelka5716/
Zavolko5713/
Savelki572/
Šavelko571/
Zavilko571/
Shavelko53117/
Giavalka5317/
Szawelko536/
Savalkha533/
Zavalkou531/
Savelkous5010/
Schawelka505/

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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 Zavelca
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