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
Zelen Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Zelen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zelen (Russian: Зелень) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as: Zeleń. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 330,363rd most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Zelen are found; 29 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 29 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Zelen is also the 1,075,395th most frequent first name in the world, held by 80 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 1,318,032. In The United States Zelen is primarily found in: Illinois, where 19 percent reside, Florida, where 13 percent reside and New York, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States Zelen exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 15 percent reside and Serbia, where 14 percent reside.
Zelen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Zelen 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 with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for 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
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- 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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