Zilyan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Zilyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Zilyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zilyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zilyan (Russian: Зилян) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zilyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zilyan is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Zilyan live; 71 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
It is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,395,781. In Bulgaria Zilyan is most frequent in: Plovdiv Province, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Bulgaria Zilyan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 14 percent live and Russia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zilyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zilyan in the Russian language | ||
| Зилян | zilan | - |
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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 Zilyan
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