Zelig Surname
Approximately 1,093 people bear this surname
Zelig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 544 | 1:15,731 | 2,358 |
| United States | 205 | 1:1,768,092 | 116,364 |
| Australia | 119 | 1:226,855 | 21,510 |
| Luxembourg | 96 | 1:6,047 | 888 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 1:853,236 | 52,732 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
The alternate forms: Zélig (19) are calculated separately.
Zelig (932) may also be a first name.
Zelig Demographics
Average Zelig Salary in
United States
$53,675 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zelig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zelig (Russian: Зелиг) is more commonly found in Israel than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Zélig. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelig? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zelig is the 337,050th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,667,471 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Zelig are found; 51 percent are found in West Asia and 50 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 264,900th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 932 people.
It is most prevalent in Israel, where it is carried by 544 people, or 1 in 15,731. In Israel it is primarily concentrated in: Central District, where 32 percent reside, Haifa District, where 22 percent reside and Tel Aviv District, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Israel it is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.
Zelig Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zelig surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Zelig earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.39% more than the national average, earning $53,675 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zelig Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zelig in the Russian language | ||
| Зелиг | zelig | - |
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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 Zelig
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