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 last name Zelska (Russian: Зельська) occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Żelska. For other potential spellings of Zelska click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelska? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Zelska are found; 71 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Greece, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 738,653. In Greece Zelska is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Greece Zelska exists 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
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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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