Doležan Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Doležan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doležan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia171:248,74126,882
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801

The alternate forms: Doleżan (30), Doležán (28) & Dolezan (28) are calculated separately.

Doležan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doležan occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Doleżan, Doležán or Dolezan. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doležan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Doležan is the 4,307,654th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Doležan occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Doležan are found; 81 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 248,741. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 82 percent reside, Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 12 percent reside and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Croatia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Czechia, where 19 percent reside.

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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 Doležan
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