Zelska Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Zelska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece151:738,65380,079
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Żelska (1) are calculated separately.

Zelska Last Name Facts

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

Zelska (Russian: Зельська) occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Żelska. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelska? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Zelska is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Zelska live; 71 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 738,653. In Greece Zelska is most common in: Attica, where 100 percent live. Excluding Greece Zelska is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 19 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Żelska941/
Zielska9223/
Zelskaya86106/
Dzielska863/
Zelskaja861/
Zelsky83117/
Zelski8390/
Zilska8337/
Zelske837/
Zylska831/
Zhelskaya8081/
Zielski771,385/
Zielske77580/
Zelskyi7745/
Zhelsky7720/
Zaelsky777/
Dzilska772/
Rzelski771/
Zeulski770/
Slska735/
Dzielski71680/
Zrzelski7119/
Zehelski7114/
Dzielsky7113/
Zhelskyi719/
Zilske67657/
Jelski67571/
Selsky67548/
Zhilskaya67236/
Celski67138/
Selski6799/
Gelski6798/
Zilski6774/
Gelske6755/
Celske6745/
Zylski6724/
Selský6723/
Gelsky6722/
Zülske6719/
Sleska6716/
Zylske6715/
Celsky6712/
Jelsky679/
Jelske676/
Selske675/
Zelleskey673/
Zilsky672/
Dzielszky672/
Żylska671/

Zelska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zelska in the Russian language
Зельськаzelska-

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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 Zelska
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