Zelas Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Zelas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Zelaś (1) are calculated separately.
Zelas Demographics
Average Zelas Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zelas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zelas (Marathi: झेलस) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Zelaś. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelas? popularity and diffusion
Zelas is the 2,185,341st most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 40 percent of Zelas live; 32 percent live in Western Europe and 32 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 3,354,394. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 71 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.
Zelas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zelas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zelas surname grew 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zelas Last Name Statistics demography
Zelas earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zelas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zelas in the Marathi language | ||
| झेलस | jhelasa | - |
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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 Zelas
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