Želvis Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Želvis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Želvis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

The alternate forms: Zelvis (222) are calculated separately.

Želvis Last Name Facts

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

Želvis is found most in Latvia. It may be rendered as a variant: Zelvis. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Želvis? popularity and diffusion

Želvis is the 11,742,229th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Želvis live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 2,050,046. Aside from Latvia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Lithuania, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zelvis94222/
Gelvis832,945/
Želvys831,055/
Selvis8374/
Jelvis8318/
Celvis831/
Selvais77401/
Zhelvis77125/
Selvish770/
Zelvist770/
Selvi7330,026/
Zelvi73188/
Celvi7336/
Gelvi738/
Jelvi732/
Gelves677,142/
Silvis672,754/
Jelves671,088/
Gelviz67994/
Selves67839/
Selvie67214/
Zelvys6784/
Salvis6764/
Selviz6723/
Sielvi6714/
Žilvys6710/
Zalvis679/
Solvis676/
Selvei674/
Jelviz673/
Jelvai673/
Celves672/
Gelvih672/
Selvai672/
Celvic671/
Sealvi671/
Gilvis671/
Seilvi671/
Zelviz671/
Celvai671/
Gelvix671/
Slevis671/
Selvii671/

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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 Želvis
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