Knezić Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Knezić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 478 | 1:8,846 | 1,520 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Knežić (1,343), Knezic (271) & Knežič (10) are calculated separately.
Knezić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knezić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knezić is most common in Croatia. It can also appear in the variant forms: Knežić, Knezic or Knežič. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knezić? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 628,294th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. Knezić occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knezić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Knezić is most frequently occurring in Croatia, where it is held by 478 people, or 1 in 8,846. In Croatia Knezić is most prevalent in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 33 percent reside, Međimurje County, where 18 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 13 percent reside. Other than Croatia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Montenegro, where 1 percent reside and Serbia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knežić | 94 | 1,343 | / |
| Knezic | 94 | 271 | / |
| Knezoić | 92 | 2 | / |
| Knezi | 91 | 204 | / |
| Knežič | 89 | 10 | / |
| Khnezi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Knegić | 83 | 1 | / |
| Knezics | 77 | 35 | / |
| Knezich | 77 | 34 | / |
| Knezits | 77 | 3 | / |
| Knizi | 73 | 207 | / |
| Knezy | 73 | 23 | / |
| Kneza | 73 | 2 | / |
| Knezhich | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khneiziz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Knezeich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kneise | 67 | 63 | / |
| Knesis | 67 | 30 | / |
| Këneci | 67 | 24 | / |
| Knezha | 67 | 17 | / |
| Knieza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kneesi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cneazi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kneyzhits | 67 | 2 | / |
| Knezhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kneize | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kneizaite | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knezys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knezeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knezex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knezhe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kneisy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Knezer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Knezić
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