Zemlja Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Zemlja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Žemlja (60) are calculated separately.
Zemlja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zemlja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zemlja is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Žemlja. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zemlja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Zemlja occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Zemlja live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Zemlja is most prevalent in: California, where 67 percent live and North Carolina, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Žemlja | 94 | 60 | / |
| Zemlje | 83 | 2 | / |
| Zemljič | 77 | 1,357 | / |
| Zemljić | 77 | 295 | / |
| Dzomlija | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ciemleja | 71 | 6 | / |
| Zemljich | 71 | 3 | / |
| Zenlea | 67 | 28 | / |
| Jemlea | 67 | 27 | / |
| Semlje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Žemlje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zemlye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zemlie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Semlea | 67 | 0 | / |
| Semljatsch | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zsemlye | 62 | 709 | / |
| Žemljič | 62 | 21 | / |
| Žemljić | 62 | 19 | / |
| Samlija | 62 | 11 | / |
| Jeamlea | 62 | 1 | / |
| Zamleha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gemelza | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gemelsa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Džomlija | 57 | 1 | / |
| Simlea | 50 | 4 | / |
| Shimlijash | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Zemlja
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