Držek Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Držek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Držek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia111:226,15215,984
Croatia71:604,08640,820

The alternate forms: Drzek (5) are calculated separately.

Držek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Držek occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Drzek. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Držek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Držek is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Držek live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 226,152. In Slovenia Držek is mostly concentrated in: Savinja, where 100 percent live. Beside Slovenia Držek exists in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 39 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drzek935/
Držík80208/
Drsek8065/
Držik809/
Držiková6210/
Držikova621/
Drsheekh621/
Drzik60131/
Drsec6083/
Drcec601/
Drzeq601/
Drzick5519/
Drzsík557/
Drzsik551/
Drskova5010/
Drzkova507/
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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 Držek
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