Knezar Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Knezar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 51 | 1:48,778 | 8,198 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Knežar (2) are calculated separately.
Knezar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knezar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Knezar is found in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Knežar. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knezar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Knezar occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knezar are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 48,778. In Slovenia Knezar is mostly found in: Drava, where 98 percent are found and Carinthia, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Slovenia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 5 percent are found and Germany, where 4 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 Knezar
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