Knjaz Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Knjaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 82 | 1:51,568 | 9,854 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Knjaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knjaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knjaz is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knjaz? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,907,068th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Knjaz is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Knjaz are found; 87 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 51,568. In Croatia Knjaz is primarily concentrated in: Istria County, where 83 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 6 percent live and Krapina-Zagorje County, where 5 percent live. Beside Croatia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 11 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
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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 Knjaz
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