Cavnik Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Cavnik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Čavnik (25) are calculated separately.
Cavnik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cavnik Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cavnik occurs most in Slovenia. It can also appear as a variant: Čavnik. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cavnik? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cavnik is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Cavnik are found; 80 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
Cavnik is most widespread in Slovenia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 621,919. In Slovenia Cavnik is most frequent in: Carinthia, where 25 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 25 percent live and Drava, where 25 percent live. Excluding Slovenia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 20 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 Cavnik
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