Zeljak Surname

820,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Zeljak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zeljak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2011:21,0384,375
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Serbia281:255,17713,976
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Zeljak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zeljak is found most in Croatia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zeljak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zeljak is the 820,032nd most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. Zeljak is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Zeljak reside; 70 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 70 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 21,038. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Varaždin County, where 48 percent are found, Šibenik-Knin County, where 29 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 17 percent are found. Barring Croatia Zeljak exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Serbia, where 8 percent are found.

Zeljak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zeljak surname are 15.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.75% registered to vote for the political party.

Zeljak earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.09% less than the national average, earning $39,225 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seljak83638/
Celjak83176/
Zelcak8327/
Ziljak8313/
Zelçak831/
Zeljok831/
Zeljaková801/
Zeleňak7742/
Geljack777/
Zelzeak776/
Cziljak776/
Zelzack773/
Seljack772/
Rzelzak771/
Djeljak771/
Zljok734/
Zhelzhak711/
Siljak67223/
Žiljak67159/
Zlesak6757/
Soljak6746/
Čiljak6741/
Selçak6737/
Celjaková6713/
Čoljak675/
Selzak675/
Ciljak673/
Gelzak671/
Saljak671/
Ziljakova671/
Shljak671/

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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 Zeljak
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