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
The surname Knezar is found most in Slovenia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Knežar. For other possible spellings of Knezar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knezar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Knezar is the 2,555,468th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. Knezar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knezar live; 96 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 48,778. In Slovenia it is most common in: Drava, where 98 percent reside and Carinthia, where 2 percent reside. Not including Slovenia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.
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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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