Knapić Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Knapić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knapić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia5901:7,1671,109
Slovenia231:108,16011,945
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Knapic (286) & Knapič (138) are calculated separately.

Knapić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knapić is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Knapic or Knapič. Click here to see other potential spellings of Knapić.

How Common Is The Last Name Knapić? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knapić is the 526,285th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. Knapić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knapić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most common in Croatia, where it is borne by 590 people, or 1 in 7,167. In Croatia it is most common in: Istria County, where 27 percent live, Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 15 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 4 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knapic94286/
Knapič94138/
Knapiz832/
Knapich7756/
Knappic771/
Knappich71328/
Knapec67581/
Knopic67105/
Knapitsch6788/
Cnapic674/
Knappitsch63527/
Knapets6227/
Cnapich6218/
Knapecz628/
Knopich622/
Knapecová5317/
Cnopic501/

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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 Knapić
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