Zolya Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Zolya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 141 | 1:142,396 | 15,241 |
| Iran | 44 | 1:1,745,057 | 65,590 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
The alternate forms: Zólya (5) are calculated separately.
Zolya (101) may also be a first name.
Zolya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zolya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zolya (Russian: Золя) occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Zólya. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zolya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,098,270th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Zolya reside; 73 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 63 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Zolya is also the 940,641st most frequent first name at a global level, held by 101 people.
The last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 142,396. In Romania it is most frequent in: Brașov County, where 50 percent are found, Covasna County, where 24 percent are found and Harghita County, where 21 percent are found. Beside Romania this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zolya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zolya in the Russian language | ||
| Золя | zola | - |
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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 Zolya
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