Zelim Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Zelim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Zelim (4,224) may also be a first name.
Zelim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zelim (Georgian: ზელიმ, Russian: Зелим) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelim? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Zelim is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Zelim reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Zelim is also the 106,711th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 4,224 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Zelim is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Zelim exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zelim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zelim in the Georgian language | ||
| ზელიმ | zelim | - |
| Zelim in the Russian language | ||
| Зелим | zelim | - |
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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 Zelim
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