Kocevar Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Kocevar Surname User-submission:

This is a Slovenian surname, denoting someone who came from Kočevje ('place of fir' or 'spruce trees'; hvojčevje), south-central Slovenia.

Kocevar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2691:1,347,43193,736
France861:772,35794,336
Austria491:173,78422,520
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Slovenia231:108,16011,945
Italy201:3,057,83499,174
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Kočevar (1,588) & Kočevár (6) are calculated separately.

Kocevar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Slovenian surname, denoting someone who came from Kočevje ('place of fir' or 'spruce trees'; hvojčevje), south-central Slovenia.

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Kocevar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kocevar is most common in The United States. It may be found as: Kočevar or Kočevár. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kocevar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 602,749th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. The surname Kocevar occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Kocevar are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 1,347,431. In The United States Kocevar is most frequent in: Ohio, where 32 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 23 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States Kocevar occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent are found and Austria, where 10 percent are found.

Kocevar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kocevar surname are 11.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.81% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kocevar earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.84% more than the national average, earning $46,962 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.77% less than the national average, earning $46,317 CAD per year.

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