Gadanec Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Gadanec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gadanec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1731:24,4435,084
Serbia101:714,49524,752
North Macedonia81:262,68415,306
Slovenia71:355,38217,336
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Gadanec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gadanec occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gadanec? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,173,425th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gadanec reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Gadanec is most widespread in Croatia, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 24,443. In Croatia Gadanec is most frequent in: City of Zagreb, where 34 percent live, Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 27 percent live and Međimurje County, where 22 percent live. Aside from Croatia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 5 percent live and North Macedonia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gadanecz9387/
Gadaniec936/
Adanec9210/
Adaniec863/
Gaydanek8038/
Gadánecz8035/
Haydanec802/
Adanic7715/
Adanek775/
Gadanegue751/
Adanike71328/
Gadanis7138/
Hadanek7135/
Adanick7113/
Gedanic7110/
Gadanik714/
Ajdanic712/
Adanics712/
Gadones712/
Gadonez712/
Odaniec711/
Adoneck711/
Gadanaik67246/
Gaidenic67144/
Haydanek6734/
Gojdanic6710/
Gaudanik676/
Adanaike674/
Haidanek672/
Godanich672/
Gaudanis671/
Gaydanik671/
Ghadanis671/
Gadanikh671/
Gadonnex671/

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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
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  • 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 Gadanec
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