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 surname Zilyan (Russian: Зилян) occurs most in Bulgaria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zilyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Zilyan is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Zilyan are found; 71 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Zilyan is most common in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,395,781. In Bulgaria it is most frequent in: Plovdiv Province, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Bulgaria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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