Klešč Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Klešč Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 135 | 1:39,529 | 7,334 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
The alternate forms: Klesc (25) are calculated separately.
Klešč Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klešč Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Klešč occurs most in Slovakia. It can also be found as: Klesc. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Klešč? popularity and diffusion
The surname Klešč is the 1,453,389th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Klešč are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Klešč is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 39,529. In Slovakia it is primarily found in: Košice Region, where 93 percent are found, Prešov Region, where 6 percent are found and Žilina Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Slovakia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 7 percent are found and Lithuania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Klešč
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