Kožnjak Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Kožnjak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kožnjak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1131:37,4217,568
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Koznjak (62) are calculated separately.

Kožnjak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kožnjak is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Koznjak. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kožnjak? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,710,039th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. Kožnjak occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kožnjak live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Kožnjak is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 37,421. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: Međimurje County, where 65 percent are found, Virovitica-Podravina County, where 13 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 10 percent are found. Besides Croatia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Slovenia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koznjak9562/
Košnjak8634/
Kosnjak8614/
Koysenjak751/
Kozniak719/
Kosnyak712/
Kasnjak711/
Kojniak711/
Koshnyak6735/
Korzniak676/
Kouzniak674/
Kochniak671/

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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
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  • 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 Kožnjak
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