Jurjec Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Jurjec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jurjec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1111:22,4114,918
Croatia351:120,81717,927
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Jurjec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jurjec is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jurjec? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,447,279th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Jurjec live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

Jurjec is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 22,411. In Slovenia it is most frequent in: Savinja, where 30 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 25 percent are found and Carinthia, where 20 percent are found. Other than Slovenia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jurgec83577/
Jurzec83176/
Jurcec8342/
Jurjek831/
Jurjees774/
Djurdjic7147/
Djurdjek7111/
Djurdječ711/
Jursceck711/
Jurcheck711/
Juries672,711/
Jurcic67419/
Jurcik67265/
Jurges67154/
Jursic6755/
Jursek6748/
Juršek6729/
Jurcys6723/
Yurgec6720/
Jurcek6720/
Jurcyk6716/
Jurjis6710/
Jurcis674/
Hurjek672/
Surjic672/
Jürgec671/
Surjek671/
Surzec671/
Jurses671/
Jurzic671/
Jurzej671/

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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 Jurjec
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