Jamšek Surname
Approximately 744 people bear this surname
Jamšek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 733 | 1:3,394 | 536 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jamsek (172) are calculated separately.
Jamšek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamšek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jamšek is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Jamsek. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamšek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jamšek is the 455,289th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 9,795,089 people. The last name Jamšek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jamšek are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Slovenia, where it is carried by 733 people, or 1 in 3,394. In Slovenia it is mostly found in: Central Slovenia, where 39 percent are found, Central Sava, where 14 percent are found and Drava, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Slovenia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 1 percent are found and Serbia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Jamšek
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