Križnar Surname

568,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 555 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Križnar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Križnar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia5231:4,757923
Croatia231:183,85222,841
Serbia81:893,11828,088
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Kriznar (100) & Kriżnar (1) are calculated separately.

Križnar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Križnar occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Kriznar or Kriżnar. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Križnar? popularity and diffusion

Križnar is the 568,972nd most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,130,713 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Križnar reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Slovenia, where it is held by 523 people, or 1 in 4,757. In Slovenia it is most numerous in: Upper Carniola, where 64 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 35 percent live and Carinthia, where 0 percent live. Not including Slovenia Križnar exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 4 percent live and Serbia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kriznar95100/
Kriżnar951/
Kricnar8622/
Krisnar862/
Krishnar8097/
Krishnasr751/
Kruijenaar7129/
Kreznar7127/
Krycnar717/
Criznar711/
Kresnar710/
Crisnair671/
Krychnar671/
Crisnaire6327/
Cresnar5794/
Kreznár5724/
Kreznor5710/
Kretschnear560/
Kressnor531/
Crisneir531/
Crusnair531/

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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 Križnar
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