Zilgen Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Zilgen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zilgen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zilgen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zilgen is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zilgen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Zilgen live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 71 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live. Barring Germany Zilgen occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 43 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zillgen | 92 | 152 | / |
| Gilgen | 83 | 3,371 | / |
| Zilien | 83 | 85 | / |
| Silgen | 83 | 51 | / |
| Zilene | 83 | 7 | / |
| Zilgne | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zilgin | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zlgn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zillingen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gilgien | 77 | 93 | / |
| Gielgen | 77 | 36 | / |
| Zeilein | 77 | 31 | / |
| Zeitlen | 77 | 22 | / |
| Zaitlen | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ziliene | 77 | 19 | / |
| Zilesen | 77 | 14 | / |
| Gillgen | 77 | 8 | / |
| Zhilene | 77 | 3 | / |
| Zailean | 77 | 3 | / |
| Zileşen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gilgeen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shilgen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schilgen | 71 | 110 | / |
| Zilleßen | 71 | 26 | / |
| Zilessen | 71 | 26 | / |
| Zillesen | 71 | 25 | / |
| Shildgen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zeislein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Çilgin | 67 | 4,806 | / |
| Silien | 67 | 1,643 | / |
| Schildgen | 67 | 718 | / |
| Giljen | 67 | 151 | / |
| Zillessen | 67 | 132 | / |
| Schiltgen | 67 | 119 | / |
| Gelgen | 67 | 83 | / |
| Gilene | 67 | 83 | / |
| Cilgin | 67 | 64 | / |
| Gilhen | 67 | 57 | / |
| Gitlen | 67 | 54 | / |
| Gilgin | 67 | 53 | / |
| Gilsen | 67 | 51 | / |
| Gilein | 67 | 45 | / |
| Zelien | 67 | 29 | / |
| Zelene | 67 | 20 | / |
| Silean | 67 | 19 | / |
| Zetlen | 67 | 17 | / |
| Zelyen | 67 | 13 | / |
| Selgen | 67 | 13 | / |
| Zelgin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gilgem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Çelgen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gilien | 67 | 6 | / |
| Silsen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jilien | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gilean | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zelsen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gilzen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sölgen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jilsen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gilgne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jilein | 67 | 2 | / |
| Žilien | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zelzen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zilchn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zailyetin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zelesn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sileun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silgne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silzen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Slegen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szlejn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cilyen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jilene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silgem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zelean | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clegen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ziline | 67 | 0 | / |
| Silein | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Zilgen
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