Knyazek Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Knyazek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knyazek 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
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516

Knyazek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knyazek (Russian: Князек) is found most in Russia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knyazek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knyazek is the 7,593,402nd most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knyazek reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Knyazek is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 36,030,764. In Russia Knyazek is primarily concentrated in: Chuvash Republic, where 25 percent live, Leningrad Oblast, where 25 percent live and Tula Oblast, where 25 percent live. Besides Russia it exists in one country. It is also common in Belarus, where 33 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
Knyazik86219/
Knyazyk862/
Knyazyok8020/
Knyazsik8010/
Knyazikova7115/
Kniazik711/
Kniażyk574/
Knjasik571/

Knyazek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Knyazek in the Russian language
Князекknazek-

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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 Knyazek
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