Zelenin Surname

64,688th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,730 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Zelenin Surname User-submission:

Zelenin is a patronymic form of Zelenia, meaning 'green'.

Zelenin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia7,3421:19,6302,768
Kazakhstan891:198,68018,516
Belarus831:114,47116,895
Kyrgyzstan461:129,84014,584
Uzbekistan441:702,93514,831
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Romania271:743,62550,353
Moldova151:237,42521,121
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Transnistria41:118,67512,470
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
China21:683,660,78330,601
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
England11:55,718,059489,080

Zelenin Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Zelenin is a patronymic form of Zelenia, meaning 'green'.

- Junie

Zelenin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zelenin (Georgian: ზელენინი, Russian: Зеленин) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelenin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zelenin is the 64,688th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 942,761 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Zelenin live; 73 percent live in Eastern Europe and 72 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Russia, where it is held by 7,342 people, or 1 in 19,630. In Russia Zelenin is most prevalent in: Perm Krai, where 13 percent live, Voronezh Oblast, where 8 percent live and Moscow, where 5 percent live. Barring Russia this last name exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Zelenin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Zelenin last name is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Zelenin last name are 9.19% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 55.96% registered to vote for the party.

Zelenin earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.83% less than the national average, earning $22,941 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zelenin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zelenin in the Georgian language
ზელენინიzelenini-
Zelenin in the Russian language
Зеленинzelenin-

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