Knuplež Surname

667,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 449 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Knuplež Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knuplež Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia4461:5,5781,143
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Knuplez (43) are calculated separately.

Knuplež Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Knuplež Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Knuplež is found in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Knuplez. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knuplež? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knuplež is the 667,223rd most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. The surname Knuplež occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knuplež are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Slovenia, where it is carried by 446 people, or 1 in 5,578. In Slovenia it is most common in: Drava, where 83 percent live, Carinthia, where 9 percent live and Mura, where 6 percent live. Besides Slovenia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 0 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knuplez9543/
Knupleš8612/
Knuples861/
Knuplerz808/
Knuplesz801/
Knuplesch7540/

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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 Knuplež
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