Zelaj Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Zelaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 151 | 1:19,298 | 3,324 |
| Kosovo | 5 | 1:372,374 | 9,323 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zelaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zelaj is more commonly found in Albania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,391,595th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Zelaj is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Zelaj live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in Albano-Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Albania, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 19,298. In Albania it is most prevalent in: Kukës County, where 46 percent live, Tirana County, where 40 percent live and Shkodër County, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Albania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kosovo, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Zelaj
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis