Zélia Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Zélia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Zelia (1,031) are calculated separately.
Zélia (15,249) may also be a first name.
Zélia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zélia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zélia occurs more in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Zelia. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zélia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zélia is the 2,168,711th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Zélia reside; 75 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 75 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 45,879th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 15,249 people.
The surname is most frequent in Portugal, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 182,776. Besides Portugal it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent live and Angola, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zelia | 93 | 1,031 | / |
| Zséli | 80 | 226 | / |
| Zilia | 80 | 99 | / |
| Zélis | 80 | 12 | / |
| Zylia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Zelaia | 73 | 487 | / |
| Zsélyi | 73 | 177 | / |
| Zeliaś | 73 | 107 | / |
| Ziglia | 73 | 63 | / |
| Zelias | 73 | 39 | / |
| Zilias | 73 | 39 | / |
| Zaylia | 73 | 16 | / |
| Zeliat | 73 | 14 | / |
| Zeilia | 73 | 6 | / |
| Zeulia | 73 | 5 | / |
| Dzilia | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zyliah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zéluiz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zealia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zeĭlia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zislia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ziliai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zielia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zela | 67 | 9,563 | / |
| Zyla | 67 | 2,332 | / |
| Zila | 67 | 2,259 | / |
| Zeli | 67 | 2,076 | / |
| Zili | 67 | 1,832 | / |
| Zyli | 67 | 82 | / |
| Zeliadt | 67 | 70 | / |
| Zeliasz | 67 | 63 | / |
| Dzhelia | 67 | 36 | / |
| Zélé | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zieliaś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zäla | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Zélia
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