Zelab Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Zelab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Zelab (21) may also be a first name.
Zelab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zelab is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Zelab occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Zelab reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname Zelab is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Zelab exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeelaab | 83 | 3 | / |
| Selab | 80 | 656 | / |
| Celab | 80 | 477 | / |
| Zilab | 80 | 48 | / |
| Zalab | 80 | 8 | / |
| Zelaf | 80 | 4 | / |
| Zelap | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gelab | 80 | 4 | / |
| Jelab | 80 | 4 | / |
| Zeleb | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zeelaaab | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zelova | 73 | 239 | / |
| Djelab | 73 | 159 | / |
| Seelab | 73 | 109 | / |
| Zetlaw | 73 | 25 | / |
| Szelap | 73 | 23 | / |
| Zhelob | 73 | 11 | / |
| Zaalab | 73 | 9 | / |
| Selhab | 73 | 9 | / |
| Zalaib | 73 | 8 | / |
| Selaib | 73 | 4 | / |
| Chelab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Seilab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zailab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zelavs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zahlab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zelafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seliab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Selabh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shelab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zaylab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zhelyabova | 67 | 56 | / |
| Chelhab | 67 | 27 | / |
| Zhelova | 67 | 25 | / |
| Dzheleb | 67 | 17 | / |
| Zeilova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Zielauf | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chelyab | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zeylova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zhelyap | 67 | 4 | / |
| Djeelab | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dzhalab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chelaib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szelova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shellab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chelabh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chelaab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zealeaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saeliab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saeleab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djelaib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djehlab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djealab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chehlab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zelaipe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seillab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shelhab | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Zelab
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