Brišnik Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Brišnik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 151 | 1:16,475 | 3,846 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
The alternate forms: Brisnik (4) are calculated separately.
Brišnik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brišnik Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brišnik is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Brisnik. Click here for further possible spellings of Brišnik.
How Common Is The Last Name Brišnik? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Brišnik live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Brišnik is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 16,475. In Slovenia it is most frequent in: Savinja, where 62 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 28 percent are found and Drava, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Slovenia Brišnik is found in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisnik | 95 | 4 | / |
| Briznik | 86 | 6 | / |
| Brižnik | 86 | 2 | / |
| Brichnik | 80 | 9 | / |
| Briežnik | 80 | 8 | / |
| Brieznik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Briesnik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bruijniks | 75 | 70 | / |
| Brischnik | 75 | 10 | / |
| Brissnick | 75 | 1 | / |
| Breisnick | 75 | 0 | / |
| Breznik | 71 | 2,983 | / |
| Brusnik | 71 | 351 | / |
| Brežnik | 71 | 286 | / |
| Bresnik | 71 | 204 | / |
| Brejnik | 71 | 62 | / |
| Vriznik | 71 | 18 | / |
| Brisnek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Brysnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bresnick | 67 | 529 | / |
| Breznick | 67 | 59 | / |
| Wriesnik | 67 | 26 | / |
| Brezhnik | 67 | 22 | / |
| Bryzhnik | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bressnik | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bruzhnik | 67 | 8 | / |
| Brehsnik | 67 | 3 | / |
| Brishnikova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bräßnigk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brzeźnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vriesnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Breeznik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Braisnikova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brzeznik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brusnick | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brushnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wrishnik | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Brišnik
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