Zelek is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zelek
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Family name Zelek is the variation of Seelig. One who came from Seeling meaning "prosperious place," in Germany; the happy, lucky or fortunate man.

Lastname is variant form of Seligman. The happy, lucky or fortunate man; a variant of Salomon meaning "peaceful".

How popular is Zelek?

Zelek is common in Poland, Ethiopia, United States.

Zelek is ranked 89484 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Zelek bearers increased by 4.76 per cent in 2010 US census to 462 since 2000, the surname slipped by 487 spots and ranked at 46138. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.24 95.46
Hispanic or Latino 3.03 2.27
Black 1.08 0
Zelek is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Poland which signifies that it is originated from Poland. Around 5362 people have been found who wears Zelek as their family name. Zelek is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Zelek:
2,099 Poland2,630
5,344 Ethiopia1,932
Countries with hundreds of Zelek:
48,996 United States602
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
213,487 Russia31
174,004 France31
76,208 England29
92,927 Canada28
28,127 Norway19
88,951 Australia14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
283,807 Germany8
44,411 Croatia6
105,647 Czechia6

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