Zhelay Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Zhelay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zhelay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhelay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zhelay (Russian: Желай) is most common in Russia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zhelay.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhelay? popularity and diffusion
Zhelay is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Zhelay reside; 71 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 71 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
Zhelay is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 28,824,611. In Russia it is mostly found in: Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 80 percent live and Moscow, where 20 percent live. Besides Russia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhelay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhelay in the Russian language | ||
| Желай | zelaj | - |
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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 Zhelay
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