Despenić Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Despenić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Despenić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina1401:25,2604,145
Serbia981:72,9086,463
Croatia511:82,91414,118
North Macedonia81:262,68415,306

The alternate forms: Despenic (12) are calculated separately.

Despenić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Despenić is found most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may appear in the variant forms: Despenic. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Despenić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 899,940th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Despenić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 25,260. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Despenić is most common in: Republika Srpska, where 86 percent live, Brčko District, where 13 percent live and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent live. Outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 33 percent live and Croatia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Despenic9612/
Despinić88230/
Desponić8811/
Despanić881/
Despenich823/
Despinic7552/
Despenez750/
Despinich7112/
Desapnick711/
Desponits710/
Despang6775/
Despoinaki6715/
Despong671/

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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 Despenić
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