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
Zele (Russian: Зелье) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Žele, Zelê, Zèle or Zélé. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zele? popularity and diffusion
Zele is the 96,652nd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,481,510 people. It occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 64,028th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 9,370 people.
The last name Zele is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 974 people, or 1 in 787,541. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent are found and Karnataka, where 0 percent are found. Other than India Zele exists in 54 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.
Zele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.93% registered with the 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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