Gnjec Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Gnjec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnjec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia971:278,30624,956
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Gnječ (244) & Gñjec (1) are calculated separately.

Gnjec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gnjec occurs most in Australia. It may also be rendered as: Gnječ or Gñjec. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnjec? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,604,449th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 77 percent of Gnjec live; 77 percent live in Australasia and 77 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Gnjec is most prevalent in Australia, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 278,306. In Australia Gnjec is most common in: New South Wales, where 72 percent reside, Western Australia, where 11 percent reside and Victoria, where 9 percent reside. Beside Australia it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and Croatia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnječ93244/
Gñjec931/
Gnjech919/
Genjecke771/
Gniech73463/
Gengec7316/
Genjek734/
Gniecs732/
Gnieck731/
Gniesch672/
Gnieche671/

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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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  • 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 Gnjec
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