Zelevets Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Zelevets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelevets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

Zelevets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zelevets (Russian: Зелевец) is found in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelevets? popularity and diffusion

Zelevets is the 4,307,654th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Zelevets live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 2,845,168. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Zaporizhia Oblast, where 50 percent reside, Kherson Oblast, where 31 percent reside and Rivne Oblast, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Ukraine Zelevets exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 14 percent reside and Russia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zheleve801/
Zelevics7545/
Zelovits7541/
Zelivetz7511/
Zalevits756/
Selovets754/
Zelewese751/
Zylovets751/
Zelewe7196/
Zhylavets7114/
Zhylovets7112/
Zelevi715/
Zelebe714/
Zhilovets714/
Seleve713/
Celeve712/
Geleve711/
Gelever6771/
Gelebes6757/
Zeleeva6737/
Gelevey678/
Zelaive677/
Selevie674/
Seleveh672/
Zelieva672/
Zelieue671/
Zelewitsch671/
Zelewer671/
Djeleve671/

Zelevets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zelevets in the Russian language
Зелевецzelevec-

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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 Zelevets
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