Zelvyte Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Iceland

Zelvyte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelvyte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Zelvyté (1) & Želvytė (14) are calculated separately.

Zelvyte Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zelvyte is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Zelvyté or Želvytė. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelvyte? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Zelvyte is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zelvyte live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England Zelvyte is mostly found in: Greater London, where 38 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 38 percent live and Leicestershire, where 13 percent live. Beside England this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Lithuania, where 21 percent live and Denmark, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zelvyté951/
Želvytė9014/
Zelvite861/
Zhelvite8011/
Dzelvite801/
Zelvet771/
Zealvit711/
Zelvist710/
Zilvytis673/
Selviste671/
Selveste671/
Selveter670/

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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 Zelvyte
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