Briežnik Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Briežnik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Briežnik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Brieznik (1) are calculated separately.

Briežnik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Briežnik is borne by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Brieznik. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Briežnik? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Briežnik is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Briežnik are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Czechia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,519,067. In Czechia it is most numerous in: Prague, where 43 percent live, Ústí nad Labem Region, where 43 percent live and Liberec Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Czechia it exists in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 13 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 Briežnik
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