Kanjevac Surname

694,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Kanjevac Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanjevac Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia4131:17,3002,021
Montenegro81:79,9464,069
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kanjevac Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanjevac is more frequently found in Serbia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanjevac? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 694,796th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. The surname Kanjevac is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kanjevac reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Serbia, where it is borne by 413 people, or 1 in 17,300. In Serbia it is primarily concentrated in: Zlatibor District, where 28 percent reside, Šumadija District, where 21 percent reside and Raška District, where 20 percent reside. Beside Serbia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Montenegro, where 2 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čanjevac8872/
Canjevac885/
Kanjevic882/
Konjevac881/
Konjevic75287/
Ckonjevic7114/
Kunijevic714/
Konjević631,911/
Konjuvca6387/
Gunjevic6345/
Canjavec6339/
Konjovic6322/
Canjević6314/
Konjevič635/
Gunjevec631/
Konjovca631/
Čkonjević59175/
Ckonjević595/
Kunijević593/
Kanseewas591/
Kyenjayev K531/
Gunjević50409/
Konjufca50164/
Konjović50109/

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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 Kanjevac
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