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

The surname Zelska (Russian: Зельська) is most common in Greece. It can be found as: Żelska. For other possible spellings of Zelska click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelska? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zelska is the 4,307,654th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Zelska live; 71 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 738,653. In Greece Zelska is mostly found in: Attica, where 100 percent live. Outside of Greece it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Zelska
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