Kardelj Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Kardelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kardelj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kardelj Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kardelj is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kardelj? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kardelj is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kardelj live; 88 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Slovenia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 621,919. In Slovenia Kardelj is most common in: Central Slovenia, where 75 percent live and Coastal-Karst, where 25 percent live. Besides Slovenia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 25 percent live and Serbia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kardela86238/
Kardele8687/
Kardeli8653/
Kordelj866/
Kardely862/
Kardeele8020/
Kardelia8010/
Kardiele802/
Kardelya801/
Kardelytė756/
Kardile7111,935/
Kardila71969/
Kordela71467/
Kardali71321/
Kardale71215/
Cardeli71168/
Kordeli7171/
Kardili7165/
Cardela7131/
Kardole7123/
Kordelc715/
Kordely712/
Kerdele712/
Cardele712/
Kordele711/
Khardali67145/
Kordelis6781/
Cardelia6730/
Cardelio6726/
Kardoley6721/
Cardeles6721/
Cardelis6719/
Kardolly676/
Khardale674/
Kardilis674/
Kordelia674/
Kardolli673/
Kardalai673/
Kordheli672/
Cardelea672/
Karrdile672/
Cardeloa672/
Kardalei672/
Kardhale671/
Kardalle671/
Kardalli671/
Kardilei671/
Kardhole671/
Kardiley671/
Cardelhe671/
Cardelhi671/
Cardeliy671/
Cardiele671/

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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 Kardelj
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