Božjak Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Božjak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 101 | 1:24,630 | 5,296 |
| Serbia | 16 | 1:446,559 | 18,714 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bozjak (8) are calculated separately.
Božjak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Božjak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Božjak is found in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Bozjak. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Božjak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,573,888th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Božjak is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Božjak are found; 98 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Božjak is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 24,630. In Slovenia Božjak is most numerous in: Central Sava, where 47 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 42 percent live and Coastal-Karst, where 8 percent live. Aside from Slovenia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 12 percent live and Croatia, where 8 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
- 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 Božjak
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