Zhvelia Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Zhvelia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhvelia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia2531:14,8052,991
Abkhazia461:5,280930
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zveli833/
Zvieli7754/
Zhbeli773/
Chvela771/
Svelia770/
Sveglia7119/
Zvielli715/
Zuhalia714/
Zhouela712/
Chuelia711/
Zuela671,248/
Svela67480/
Zvili67196/
Sveli6774/
Zbela6768/
Zvala6756/
Zueli6739/
Zwela6718/
Zweli679/
Zvola673/
Jveli672/
Zvila671/

Zhvelia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhvelia in the Georgian language
ჟველიაzhvelia-
Zhvelia in the Russian language
Жвелиаzvelia-

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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 Zhvelia
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