Zelelew Surname

113,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,082 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Zelelew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelelew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia4,0241:24,2413,065
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Zelelew (9,843) may also be a first name.

Zelelew Last Name Facts

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

Zelelew is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelelew? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 113,340th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,785,288 people. The last name Zelelew is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zelelew are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 61,894th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 9,843 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,024 people, or 1 in 24,241. Excluding Ethiopia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Zelelew Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Zelelew earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $30,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.81% less than the national average, earning $29,406 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zilelew861/
Tselelew809/
Zeleliev802/
Djelelew801/
Zelilef71516/
Salelew714/
Zhalelev674/
Zaleleev672/
Dzhelilev6322/
Dzhelylev634/
Dzhelileva5933/
Dzhelyalev593/
Dzhelyleva592/
Salilew5719/
Zelilif571/
Salalew571/
Zalaleev5318/
Zalileev538/
Zelilova538/
Zalyleev532/
Zalyaleev50216/
Zhelilova5011/

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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 Zelelew
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