Zele Surname
Approximately 4,919 people bear this surname
Zele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 974 | 1:787,541 | 35,466 |
| Ivory Coast | 628 | 1:36,738 | 2,428 |
| DR Congo | 602 | 1:122,724 | 13,305 |
| Romania | 585 | 1:34,321 | 4,374 |
| Hungary | 445 | 1:22,059 | 2,466 |
| South Africa | 428 | 1:126,583 | 14,892 |
| Tanzania | 378 | 1:140,057 | 12,881 |
| United States | 277 | 1:1,308,516 | 91,569 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Australia | 83 | 1:325,249 | 27,873 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Latvia | 25 | 1:82,002 | 12,055 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Albania | 16 | 1:182,128 | 12,899 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Žele (295), Zelê (1), Zèle (1) & Zélé (4) are calculated separately.
Zele (9,370) may also be a first name.
Zele Demographics
Average Zele Salary in
United States
$37,075 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zele (Russian: Зелье) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Žele, Zelê, Zèle or Zélé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zele is the 96,652nd most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,481,510 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Zele are found; 21 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 20 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Zele is also the 64,028th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 9,370 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 974 people, or 1 in 787,541. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent live and Karnataka, where 0 percent live. Beside India it exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.
Zele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zele last name increased 5,540 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zele Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Zele are 2.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.93% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Zele earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 34.85% less than the national average, earning R 154,812 per year; in United States they earn 14.08% less than the national average, earning $37,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.93% less than the national average, earning $35,310 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zele in the Russian language | ||
| Зелье | zele | - |
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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 Zele
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