Zelai Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Zelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Zelai (228) may also be a first name.
Zelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zelai (Marathi: झेलाई) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zelai is the 2,776,799th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 41 percent of Zelai live; 27 percent live in Oceania Islands and 27 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 594,918th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 228 people.
The surname Zelai is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Zelai is mostly found in: Madang, where 69 percent are found, National Capital District, where 23 percent are found and Morobe, where 8 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and Iran, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zelai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zelai in the Marathi language | ||
| झेलाई | jhela'i | - |
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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 Zelai
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