Zelen Surname
Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname
Zelen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 275 | 1:1,318,032 | 92,126 |
| Russia | 170 | 1:847,783 | 68,532 |
| Serbia | 159 | 1:44,937 | 4,489 |
| Netherlands | 128 | 1:131,931 | 20,423 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 86 | 1:41,121 | 5,652 |
| Belarus | 50 | 1:190,021 | 24,552 |
| Croatia | 42 | 1:100,681 | 16,054 |
| Hungary | 40 | 1:245,407 | 19,663 |
| Slovenia | 34 | 1:73,167 | 10,069 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
The alternate forms: Zeleń (1) are calculated separately.
Zelen (80) may also be a first name.
Zelen Demographics
Average Zelen Salary in
United States
$50,770 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zelen (Russian: Зелень) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Zeleń. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 330,363rd most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Zelen reside; 29 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 29 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Zelen is also the 1,075,395th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 80 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 1,318,032. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 19 percent reside, Florida, where 13 percent reside and New York, where 11 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 15 percent reside and Serbia, where 14 percent reside.
Zelen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (91%) in Russia and Catholic (67%) in Belarus.
In The United States Zelen are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.
The amount Zelen earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 17.66% more than the national average, earning $50,770 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.34% less than the national average, earning $43,056 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zelen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zelen in the Russian language | ||
| Зелень | zelen | - |
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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 Zelen
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