Knežič Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Knežič Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
The alternate forms: Knežić (1,343), Knezić (487) & Knezic (271) are calculated separately.
Knežič Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knežič Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knežič occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Knežić, Knezić or Knezic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knežič? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knežič live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 528,576. In Croatia it is most prevalent in: Varaždin County, where 50 percent are found, Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 38 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Croatia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 20 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 Knežič
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