Knezić Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Knezić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knezić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia4781:8,8461,520
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knežić941,343/
Knezic94271/
Knezoić922/
Knezi91204/
Knežič8910/
Khnezi835/
Knegić831/
Knezics7735/
Knezich7734/
Knezits773/
Knizi73207/
Knezy7323/
Kneza732/
Knezhich712/
Khneiziz711/
Knezeich711/
Kneise6763/
Knesis6730/
Këneci6724/
Knezha6717/
Knieza6710/
Kneesi675/
Cneazi672/
Kneyzhits672/
Knezhy671/
Kneize671/
Kneizaite671/
Knezys671/
Knezeh671/
Knezex671/
Knezhe670/
Kneisy670/
Knezer670/

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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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