Kočevar Surname

249,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Kočevar Surname User-submission:

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

Kočevar 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
Slovenia1,5161:1,641140
Croatia661:64,07011,714
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kocevar (515) & Kočevár (6) are calculated separately.

Kočevar 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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DNA test information

Kočevar Last Name Facts

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

Kočevar occurs most in Slovenia. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kocevar or Kočevár. Click here for other possible spellings of Kočevar.

How Common Is The Last Name Kočevar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kočevar is the 249,873rd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,589,135 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kočevar live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is held by 1,516 people, or 1 in 1,641. In Slovenia Kočevar is most common in: Southeast Slovenia, where 23 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 18 percent live and Savinja, where 15 percent live. Beside Slovenia this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 4 percent live and North Macedonia, 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
Kocevar95515/
Kočevár956/
Kosevar864/
Kochevar801,032/
Koshevar80140/
Kosevare8022/
Kozhevar800/
Kotchevar75167/
Koushevar751/
Kasevar71179/
Kotschevar71118/
Kocivar7128/
Kočevárová718/
Kocevor715/
Kozavar712/
Kosewar712/
Kosevarova711/
Kaševar711/
Koshevarova671,183/
Kachevar67361/
Kuchevar67217/
Kashevar67208/
Kochivar6719/
Koszewar6713/
Khasevar6712/
Kosewahr6710/
Cochevar671/
Koszebar671/
Kochewar671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kočevar
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