Zeleza Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Zeleza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Zeleza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zeleza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zeleza occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeleza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 839,220th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zeleza are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Without taking into account Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Zeleza
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