Gerčar Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Gerčar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 106 | 1:23,469 | 5,093 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
The alternate forms: Gercar (61) are calculated separately.
Gerčar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerčar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerčar is found most frequently in Slovenia. It can appear as a variant: Gercar. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gerčar.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerčar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Gerčar is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerčar are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 23,469. In Slovenia Gerčar is primarily found in: Central Slovenia, where 65 percent live, Savinja, where 24 percent live and Central Sava, where 9 percent live. Not including Slovenia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Gerčar
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