Foltánek Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Foltánek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Foltánek 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
Czechia281:379,76744,481
Slovakia111:485,13257,527

The alternate forms: Foltanek (2) are calculated separately.

Foltánek Last Name Facts

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

Foltánek has its highest incidence in Czechia. It can also be rendered as: Foltanek. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Foltánek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Foltánek is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Foltánek reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Foltánek is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 379,767. In Czechia Foltánek is primarily concentrated in: South Moravian Region, where 79 percent reside, Central Bohemian Region, where 11 percent reside and Prague, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Czechia it exists in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 28 percent reside.

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
Foltanek962/
Foltáneková843/
Foltánková7831/
Foltaneková741/
Folthong634/
Voltanik632/
Foultong631/
Foultoing596/
Foltanková561/
Pholtang504/
Pholtong502/
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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 Foltánek
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