Želez Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Želez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Želez Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892

The alternate forms: Zelez (337) are calculated separately.

Želez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Želez Come From? nationality or country of origin

Želez occurs more in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Zelez. Click here for further possible spellings of Želez.

How Common Is The Last Name Želez? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Želez live; 64 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Želez is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 762,350. In Slovakia it is mostly found in: Košice Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Slovakia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Croatia, where 36 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zelez93337/
Gelez801,067/
Celez80211/
Jelez8088/
Selez8021/
Železová7748/
Zhelez73187/
Gelesz7338/
Zeletz7317/
Jeletz7315/
Geletz7312/
Celesz738/
Celhez731/
Seliez731/
Selesz731/
Seiliez6776/
Seillez671/
Gelleze671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Želez
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