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
The surname Zelah is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Zelah is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Zelah reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Zelah is also the 772,378th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 143 people.
It is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,402,310. In Pakistan Zelah is most common in: Balochistan, where 84 percent live, Punjab, where 11 percent live and Sindh, where 5 percent live. Excluding Pakistan Zelah occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 22 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
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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 Zelah
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