Gerecnik Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Gerecnik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
The alternate forms: Gerečnik (134) are calculated separately.
Gerecnik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerecnik Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerecnik is held by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Gerečnik. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerecnik? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gerecnik is the 4,307,654th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerecnik are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Gerecnik is most frequent in Austria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 774,130. In Austria Gerecnik is mostly concentrated in: Styria, where 73 percent reside, Upper Austria, where 18 percent reside and Carinthia, where 9 percent reside. Barring Austria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 48 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerečnik | 96 | 134 | / |
| Geretschnik | 84 | 1 | / |
| Goricnik | 75 | 56 | / |
| Gerekink | 75 | 36 | / |
| Giercnak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Geretschnig | 74 | 21 | / |
| Gerachnaki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gierkink | 63 | 133 | / |
| Gerganek | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gerekongo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gerekiango | 56 | 21 | / |
| Gerakanaki | 56 | 1 | / |
| Girishnaik | 56 | 1 | / |
| Gerking | 53 | 568 | / |
| Gerakianaki | 53 | 71 | / |
| Gergang | 53 | 2 | / |
| Geier-König | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gerokong | 50 | 3 | / |
| Gierganc | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gerghung | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gierking | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Gerecnik
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