Žulj Surname

368,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 976 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Žulj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Žulj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina5521:6,4071,316
Croatia3821:11,0702,063
Slovenia231:108,16011,945
Serbia181:396,94217,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Zulj (142) are calculated separately.

Žulj Last Name Facts

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

The surname Žulj is found most frequently in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Zulj. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Žulj? popularity and diffusion

It is the 368,594th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,466,748 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žulj are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Žulj is most commonly used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 552 people, or 1 in 6,407. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most frequent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 0 percent are found. Barring Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 39 percent are found and Slovenia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zulj92142/
Džulaj802/
Žula75246/
Sulj7514/
Culj754/
Julaj671,312/
Culej67401/
Culaj67208/
Žulys67121/
Sulij6717/
Džula676/
Julej674/
Julij671/
Saulj671/
Džule671/
Zuluj671/
Julje671/
Džuli671/

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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 Žulj
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