Zeledón Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nicaragua
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Zeledón Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Zeledón Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nicaragua681:88,5451,791
Costa Rica111:434,5523,937
El Salvador111:576,7173,120
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Zeledon (31,979) & Zeledòn (5) are calculated separately.

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Zeledón Demographics

Average Male Zeledón Height

173 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 39 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Zeledón Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zeledón occurs in Nicaragua more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Zeledon or Zeledòn. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zeledón? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,806,862nd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Zeledón reside; 88 percent reside in Central America and 88 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The last name Zeledón is most frequently held in Nicaragua, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 88,545. Not including Nicaragua this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 11 percent are found and El Salvador, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zeledon9531,979/
Zeledòn955/
Celedón8662/
Zelidón861/
Celedon7111,819/
Zelidon71495/
Seledon71378/
Geledan7130/
Geledon714/
Jeledan714/
Zaledon712/
Zeladon711/
Celidón711/
Seledone6719/
Celedone6712/
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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 Zeledón
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