Zelazny Surname

279,656th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Zelazny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelazny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8561:423,43336,646
France1641:405,01759,459
Germany651:1,238,54679,660
Canada641:575,71247,839
Israel571:150,13415,774
Poland551:691,06859,060
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Norway81:642,78647,258
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Żelazny (35), Zelażny (1) & Želazný (7) are calculated separately.

Zelazny Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zelazny Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Zelazny is most common in The United States. It may be found as: Żelazny, Zelażny or Želazný. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelazny? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 279,656th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,273,188 people. The last name Zelazny is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Zelazny live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 856 people, or 1 in 423,433. In The United States Zelazny is most prevalent in: New York, where 20 percent live, Michigan, where 9 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in France, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.

Zelazny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Zelazny last name are 13.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.53% being registered with the party.

The amount Zelazny earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.32% more than the national average, earning $51,918 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.49% more than the national average, earning $52,412 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Żelazny9535/
Zelażny951/
Zielazny93233/
Zelazney934/
Želazný907/
Zhelyazny8814/
Zelasny8684/
Zelazna8657/
Zelazni8614/
Zelazne862/
Zilazny861/
Selazny861/
Zhelyaznyy8211/
Zielazna80143/
Zelasney80119/
Zelazner8010/
Zielasny803/
Zielazne803/
Chelazny801/
Zheleznyy751,065/
Zielassny755/
Zhelezniy752/
Żelazna7111/
Želazná714/
Zelażna711/
Zhileznyy636/
Schelasni5010/
Szylajner501/

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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 Zelazny
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