Zelah Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Zelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Zelah (143) may also be a first name.
Zelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zelah occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Zelah live; 40 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Zelah is also the 772,378th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 143 people.
Zelah is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,402,310. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Balochistan, where 84 percent reside, Punjab, where 11 percent reside and Sindh, where 5 percent reside. Beside Pakistan it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 22 percent reside and Malaysia, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Zelah
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