Zhvelia Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Zhvelia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 253 | 1:14,805 | 2,991 |
| Abkhazia | 46 | 1:5,280 | 930 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Zhvelia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhvelia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zhvelia (Georgian: ჟველია, Russian: Жвелиа) occurs in Georgia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhvelia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 889,654th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Zhvelia reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The surname Zhvelia is most frequently occurring in Georgia, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 14,805. In Georgia Zhvelia is mostly concentrated in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 60 percent are found, Tbilisi, where 21 percent are found and Adjara, where 9 percent are found. Other than Georgia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Abkhazia, where 15 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhvelia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhvelia in the Georgian language | ||
| ჟველია | zhvelia | - |
| Zhvelia in the Russian language | ||
| Жвелиа | zvelia | - |
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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 Zhvelia
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