Gostencnik Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Gostencnik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gostencnik 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
Austria171:500,90847,931
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Gostenčnik (403) & Gostenčník (1) are calculated separately.

Gostencnik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gostencnik is borne by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Gostenčnik or Gostenčník. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gostencnik? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gostencnik is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Gostencnik live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Austria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 500,908. In Austria Gostencnik is primarily concentrated in: Styria, where 88 percent reside, Carinthia, where 6 percent reside and Vienna, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Austria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 33 percent reside and Germany, where 4 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
Gostenčnik97403/
Gostenčník931/
Gostenschnik911/
Gostencnić903/
Gostenschnig821/
Gostenčnić806/
Gostenčniková785/
Gostentschnig783/
Gostentschnigg7516/
Gostenčníková703/

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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 Gostencnik
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