Zelenak Surname

252,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Zelenak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelenak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2201:297,09727,478
Serbia1091:65,5505,968
Slovakia841:63,52912,320
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Austria181:473,08046,251
Romania161:1,254,86753,509
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
England31:18,572,686338,250
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

The alternate forms: Zelenák (1,531), Želenák (1) & Zeleńák (1) are calculated separately.

Zelenak Last Name Facts

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

Zelenak is found most in The United States. It may be found as: Zelenák, Želenák or Zeleńák. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelenak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zelenak is the 252,790th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,656,579 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Zelenak are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Zelenak is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,220 people, or 1 in 297,097. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 17 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 12 percent live and Ohio, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 7 percent live and Slovakia, where 5 percent live.

Zelenak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Zelenak are 6.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.19% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Zelenak earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.67% less than the national average, earning $41,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.39% more than the national average, earning $58,321 CAD per year.

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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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  • 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 Zelenak
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