Jazvec Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jazvec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jazvec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1681:25,1705,232
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Jazvec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jazvec is found most frequently in Croatia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jazvec? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,263,456th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Jazvec reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

It is most frequent in Croatia, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 25,170. In Croatia it is most common in: Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 43 percent live, Split-Dalmatia County, where 27 percent live and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 24 percent live. Apart from Croatia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jazvecs923/
Jazvic8392/
Yazvec8328/
Jasvec833/
Jazvecová802/
Jazwiec77108/
Yazveck772/
Jazvick771/
Jazvics771/
Jarzwiec7113/
Jazwieck712/
Jazvić67195/
Iazbec6712/
Jasvecová674/
Jazuez672/

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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 Jazvec
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