Zelmenis Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Zelmenis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelmenis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia741:27,7034,232
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

Zelmenis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zelmenis is found most frequently in Latvia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelmenis? popularity and diffusion

Zelmenis is the 2,075,631st most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Zelmenis live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Zelmenis is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 27,703. In Latvia Zelmenis is most numerous in: Semigallia, where 36 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 31 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 16 percent are found. Barring Latvia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Zelmenis Last Name Statistics demography

Zelmenis earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.04% more than the national average, earning $57,406 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zelmanis8819/
Dzelmanis8210/
Zelmene80167/
Zilmanis7567/
Clemenis755/
Selmanis752/
Celmainis7115/
Sylmenise711/
Gelmini673,530/
Jelmini67692/
Selmene6716/
Zlmeenh671/

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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 Zelmenis
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