Belanek Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Belanek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belanek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia151:281,90728,677
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Bělánek (38) are calculated separately.

Belanek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Belanek occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Bělánek. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Belanek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Belanek are found; 94 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Belanek is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 281,907. In Croatia Belanek is primarily found in: Karlovac County, where 87 percent live and Zadar County, where 13 percent live. Not including Croatia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent live and Greece, where 6 percent live.

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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 Belanek
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