Jeršek Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jeršek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jeršek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia771:54,91710,403
Slovenia201:124,38412,684
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Jersek (26) are calculated separately.

Jeršek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jeršek is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Jersek. For other possible spellings of Jeršek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jeršek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,871,545th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jeršek live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Croatia, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 54,917. In Croatia Jeršek is mostly found in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 55 percent are found, Osijek-Baranja County, where 25 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Croatia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 20 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jersek9426/
Eršek91268/
Jerzek8315/
Erçek731,333/
Ersek731,276/
Erzek73127/
Ercek73100/
Eršeg7370/
Eržek7315/
Erşek731/
Jerzyk671,402/
Serçek67766/
Hersek67323/
Gercek67240/
Hercek67205/
Cercek67108/
Herzek6759/
Gergek6723/
Jirsek6720/
Gersek6716/
Zercek6715/
Jersyk677/
Ershek677/
Erssek675/
Sercek673/
Jircek672/
Erszek671/
Jeržik671/
Jerzik671/
Errcek670/

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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 Jeršek
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