Klesniak Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Klesniak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 32 | 1:166,764 | 29,092 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
The alternate forms: Kleśniak (30) are calculated separately.
Klesniak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klesniak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Klesniak occurs in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Kleśniak. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Klesniak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Klesniak are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Klesniak is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 166,764. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 66 percent reside and Žilina Region, where 34 percent reside. Apart from Slovakia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kleśniak | 96 | 30 | / |
| Kleszniak | 94 | 2 | / |
| Klejniak | 88 | 42 | / |
| Klesniaková | 84 | 103 | / |
| Klesniakova | 84 | 2 | / |
| Kleshnyak | 82 | 83 | / |
| Klossniak | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kliszniak | 82 | 1 | / |
| Klsniok | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kliniak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kielniak | 75 | 22 | / |
| Killniak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kloźniak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Klishnyak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celniak | 67 | 142 | / |
| Chelniak | 63 | 23 | / |
| Klimjack | 63 | 12 | / |
| Klimniok | 63 | 2 | / |
| Clujniak | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kleinhag | 63 | 0 | / |
| Cliozniak | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chellenyak | 56 | 24 | / |
| Clegnac | 53 | 24 | / |
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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 Klesniak
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